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SUBURBAN HOMES 



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THIRTY MILKS AROUND Li 1 ILADL LPIII A, 



UsKiuL Information for Summkr-Hc^mk Seekers. 



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PRINTED BY 

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Explanation of Commutation Tickets, 



THEIR USE AND LIMIT. 



Family Tickets are good for fifty rides within one year 
from date of issue, and may be used either by the purchaser 
or members of the purchaser's immediate family, or domestics 
regularly employed therein. 

Firm Tickets (sold at same rates as family tickets) are good 
for fifty rides within one year from date of issue, and may be 
used by not more than three designated members or employes 
of a business house, whose names must appear on the face of 
ticket. 

One-Hundred-and-Eighty-trip Quarterly Tickets are 
issued for the transportation of the purchaser only for any three 
successive calendar months. 

Monthly Tickets, good for sixty trips, are issued for the 
transportation of the purchaser only during the calendar month 
for which Issued. 

School Tickets, good for forty-six trips, bear the same 
privileges and restrictions as Monthly Tickets, and are Issued 
only to those attending a public or private school or academy, 
for use exclusively in going to and returning therefrom. 

Excursion Tickets referred to in the following pages, expir- 
ing on Sunday, are good for passage on the following Monday. 

One-Hundred-and-EIghty-trip Quarterly, Sixty-trip Monthly, and 
Forty-six-trip School Tickets can be purchased on the last five days of 
the preceding month and the first fifteen days of the current month. 

Fifty-trip Family or Firm Tickets can be procured at any time. 

Note. — None of the above-described tickets bear stop-over privi- 
lesfes. 



SUBURBAN HOMES 



Pennsylvania Railroad 



AND BRANCHES. 



|\ ] O section of the United States is richer in suburban homes 
^ ^ than that of which Philadelphia is the centre. The outlying 
region in Pennsylvania is elevated, excellently watered, renowned 
for healthful ness, and celebrated for picturesque beauty, while the 
portion of New Jersey within suburban distance of the city pre- 
sents all the advantages that the out-of-town resident could de- 
mand. 

In addition to its natural endowments, this entire territory, in 
its present state of development, affords every requisite that could 
contribute to the comfort and convenience of the summer colony. 
Beautiful villas dot the landscape at every hand, where the busi- 
ness man lives during the heated term ; picturesque hotels offer 
luxurious accommodations to those whose means are commensur- 
ate with their tastes ; excellent boarding-houses offer less preten- 
tious quarters ; while the country house promises the quiet of a 
rural life, sustained by the fresh products of the kitchen-garden. 
Thus every class may live in a state suited to its condition, while 
all, rich and poor alike, may revel in those natural blessings of 
pure air, pure water, and rural beauty. 

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All these adv^antages, however, would be beyond the reach of 
the masses, were it no: for the magnificent facilities of communi- 
cation existing between the city and its suburbs. In this regard 
no cicy of the Union is better equipped than Philadelphia. The 
comprehensive suburban service inaugurated, developed, and 
maintained by the Pennsylvania Railroad brings every portion of 
this territory in direct and frequent communication with the heart 
of the city. The lines radiate as the spokes from a wheel, each 
line punctuated at short intervals with stations, at whose platforms 
trains stop and start at the most convenient hours of the day. 
The service itself is conducted on the highest plane of any similar 
service in the world. On every divasion frequent local trains are 
run on a schedule best adjusted to the needs of local travelers. 
These trains are equipped in the same style and manner as 
through express trains ; their speed between stations is fully up 
to the standard, and, in order to promote their mission of making 
rapid transit, they are given the right of way over all other trains 
within their proper terminals. 

Under these conditions the suburban resident may, in many 
cases, reach his rural home while his less fortunate city brother is 
still plodding homeward by slower means of transportation. 

Another very potent factor in the development of suburban 
traffic, and one which appeals most strongly to the considera- 
tion of dwellers within the city, is the very low rate of fare that 
prevails on all the lines and branches of the Pennsylvania Rail- 
road. Various classes of tickets are sold, from the little bit of 
tough cardboard entitling the holder to one ride, through all the 
gradations of excursion tickets — monthly, quarterly, family, and 
school — all sold at a rate that places them within the purse- 
power of every class of people. The commutation rates, con- 
sidering the quality of the service, have been reduced to the 
lovvest figure at which passengers can be carried with any per- 



centage of profit. With a surrounding district as attractive and 
inviting as this, reinforced by exceptional facilities of transporta- 
tion that may be enjoyed at the smallest expense, there is no 
reason why the humblest citizen may not pass at least a few weeks 
of the summer among the fields, hills, and flowers of the country. 

For their guidance in selecting summer quarters, the follow- 
ing brief sketches of the various places, with a directory of 
summer inns and boarding houses on the suburban lines of the 
Pennsylvania Railroad and its branches, have been prepared. 
The statistics have been collected with great care, and no effort 
has been spared to make them as complete and reliable as the 
circumstances admit. 

The accompanying map will also serve to fix more clearly the 
location of each station to which reference is made. 



Philadelphia, May loth, 1894. 



Pennsylvania Railroad. 



PHILADELPHIA DIVISION. 



GIRARD AVENUE, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 3.2 miles. 27 trains each way on week-days ; 30 on Sundays. 
Running time, 10 minutes. Fare, 10 cents; 14 strip tickets for $i. 

Although situated near the extreme north-western section of the 
city this neighborhood is thickly populated. The Lansdowne Apartment 
House is located nearby, and is fitted in the most highly-approved style, 
with* a view to compete with other houses of a similar character in the 
centre of town. The Fortieth Street Station, however, is the nearest 
point of access to Broad Street for patrons of the house. The Y. M. 
C. A. Athletic Grounds, the Colored Home for the Aged, the Mother 
of Sorrows Church, and the Roman Catholic Cathedral Cemetery are 
objects of quite an interest to the visitor. Fairmount Park has a 
picturesque entrance about two blocks north of the tracks of the Penn- 
sylvania Railroad. 

FIFTY-SECOND STREET, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 4 miles. 44 trains each way on week-days ; 34 on Sundays. 
Running time, 11 minutes. Fare, 10 cents ; 14 strip tickets for $1. 

This is the junction of the Main Line and Schuylkill Divisions of 
the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the first point in the direction that 
partakes of a suburban nature. West from here the country assumes 
a truly rural appearance, increasing in this respect at every step. 
The grounds of the P. R. R. Athletic Association are located opposite 
the station. Base-ball, cricket, tennis, and various track contests are 

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waged therein, and prove a decided attraction during the mild months 
of the year. The George Library, an institution very complete in its 
way, is an interesting feature. Jesse George, of George's Hill fame, 
donated the building and its contents. 

The Park Drove Yard Hotel is within a minute's walk of the station, 
and offers accommodations at moderate rates. There are also several 
other smaller boarding-places in the vicinity. 



OVERBROOK, Pa. 

Distance, 5.5 miles. 29 trains each way on week-days ; 20 on Sundays. 

Running time, 15 minutes. Fare, 17 cents; 2-day excursion rate, 28 cents. Family 

tickets, $5.70; quarterly, $11.75; monthly, $4.3.5; school, $2.90. 

The line dividing Philadelphia and Montgomery counties runs 
directly through and within the bounds of the station here. The country 
at this point takes on a decidedly genuine aspect, and, although there 
are many handsome houses and properties in close proximity, the 
suburbanite is fully satisfied in the desire for open country. Improve- 
ments of all kinds have been made during the past few years, con- 
spicuous amongst which are the extensive operations projected by the 
Drexel-Childs estates. This vast undertaking will result in the building 
of about two hundred and fifty houses, calculated to sell at from ten to 
thirty thousand dollars. A separate community, with exclusive sanitary 
and other advantages, including the unique idea of co-operative house- 
keeping facilities, will be established in compliance with the original 
and novel plans of the late two great promoters of public welfare. 
Between Overbrook and Merion is the seat of St. Charles Borromeo 
College, a well-known Catholic institution for the training of its students 
for priesthood. 

MERION, Pa. 

Distance, 5 miles. 28 trains each way on week-days ; 20 on Sundays. 

Running time, 17 miimtes. Fare, 18 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 30 cents. Family 

tickets, $6.20; quarterly, $12.20 ; monthly, $4.50; school, $3. 

Open and beautiful rolling country, splendid country houses of the 
most modern type, fine roads, and unequaled facilities are some of the 
highly-alluring and well-substantiated attractions of this aristocratic 



suburb, which numbers among its inhabitants some of our most promi- 
nent citizens. The Convent of the Sisters of Mercy, at which special 
attention is given to teacliing music, is nearby. The summer inn, 
classified below under a new name and management, has been reno- 
vated and improved, and will afford all the conveniences and attrac- 
tions of a first-class hostelry. 

Brookhurst Inn. — Mrs. Chas. E. Dakin. One mile from station. 
Accommodations for one hundred guests. Rates, :^i5 to I25 per week. 



NARBERTH, Pa. 

Distance, 6.9 miles. 29 trains each way on week-days; 20 on Sundays. 

Running time, 19 minutes. Fare, 21 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 35 cents. Family 

tickets, $7.10 ; quarterly, $12.95; monthly, $4.80; school, $3.20. 

This place has recently taken some pronounced steps forward, and 
at the present time it may truly be said that there are inducements of 
all kinds for the prospective resident. While there are not so many 
houses of the larger kind, there are a great many most desirable 
properties of more or less pretentions and plenty of room for a large 
increase. The Belmont Driving Association grounds are situated about 
a mile north of the station, and are easily reached this way by those 
without conveyances. 

BoARDiNG-HousH.— Mrs. Elizabeth Coffin. Three minutes' walk 
from station. Rates, $$ to $7 per week. 

General Wayne Hotel.— A wayside inn for daily transient 
guests, resorted almost exclusively by the driving fraternity. 



WYNNEWOOD, Pa. 

Distance, 7.5 miles. 29 trains each way on week-days ; 20 on Sundays. 

Running time, 21 minutes. Fare, 23 cents; 2-day excursion rate, 38 cents. Family 

tickets, $7.70; quarterly, I13 40 ; monthly, $4.95; school, I3.30. 

The population of five hundred is widely distributed over this 
quarter, thus maintaining the idea of countr>' in a most realistic sense. 
Good drives abound in every direction, and numerous elegant mansions 
surrounded by spacious grounds emphasize in their appearance the wealth 
of their owners. 



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ARDMORE, Pa. 

Distance, 8.5 miles. 32 trains each way on week-daj-s ; 20 on Sundays. 
Running time, express 14 minutes, accommodation 24 minutes. Fare, 26 cents ; 2-day 
excursion rate, 43 cents. Family tickets, $8.70; quarterly, $14.15; 
monthly, $5 25 ; school, $3.50. 

Ardmore is a most enterprising little town of nearly three thousand 
souls, and boasts of conveniences which much larger places are lacking. 
It has gas, electric light, three churches, a high school, a bank, a 
club-house, a Masonic hall, and, in feet, everything pertaining to ad- 
vanced civilization. Like all the points on this model division of the 
railroad, its connection with the city is amply provided for in the shape 
of telegraphic, telephonic, and mail communications. Well-built, snug 
homes are in the greatest profusion, and plainly attest the efforts of the 
citizens in the worthy endeavor to excel other communities. The Red 
Lion Inn, over a hundred years old, on the Lancaster Pike, which 
parallels the railroad for miles, is an old wayside house of historic interest. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. Neilson. Five minutes' walk from station. 
Rates, $7 to |i2 per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mr. Stark. Five minutes' walk from station. 
Rates, $7 to |i2 per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Miss Thompson. Five minutes' walk from sta- 
tion. Rates, I7 to |i2 per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Miss Buist. Ten minutes' walk from station. 
Rates, $7 to |i2 per week. 



HAVERFORD, Pa. 

Distance, 9.2 miles. 32 trains each way on week-days ; 20 on Sundays. 
Running time, express 15 miimtes, accommodation 26 minutes. Fare, 28 cents ; 2-day 
excursion rate, 46 cents. Family tickets, $9,40; quarterly, $14-60; 
monthly, $5.40; school, $3.60. 

On all sides is Haverford suggestive of taste and refinement. 
Well kept roads and lawns and cultivated vegetation please the eye 
wherever it rests. Haverford College, an institution noted far and 
wide for its standing in educational circles, has its site here. The Merion 
Cricket Club's magnificent club-house and grounds are within a block 
of the station, and lend an attraction of considerable interest. 



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Boarding-House. — Mrs. T. J. Oram. Five minutes' walk from 

station. Accommodations for ten .c'liests. Rate, $S to $15 per week. 

Spring; Lawn.— Mrs. A. \V. Smith. I'ive minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodations for twenty guests. 



BRYN MAWR, Pa. 

Distance, 10.2 miles. 33 trains each way on week-days; 20 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 19 minutes, accommodation 29 minutes. Fare, 31 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 51 cents. Family tickets, I.10.40 ; quarterly, $1540; 

monthly, $^5.70 ; school, I3.80. 

The attractions c5f this place are manifold and varied. Certainly 
with no superiors it has few equals as a surburban resort. The pict- 
uresque scenery and high location have been important factors in 
establishing its popularity. Bryn MawT College, an institution exclu- 
sively devoted to the education of females, and famous throughout the 
country, is claimed by the place and justly boasted of as being one ot 
the foremost of its kind in the United States. 

The Bryn Mawr Hotel is within a stone's-throw^ of the handsome 
station, and is a commodious and luxurious hostelry of the latest pat- 
tern. It is sumptuously furnished and fitted. During its season, which 
is from June ist until November ist, the guests are entertained by a 
celebrated orchestra. The hotel accommodates three hundred people. 

Bryn MaW'R Hotel. — Miss Simmins. Two minutes from station. 
Accommodations for three hundred guests. 

Summit Grove House. — Isaac H. Evans. Five minutes' walk 
from station. Accommodations for eighty guests. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. B. P. Humphreys. Five minutes' walk 
from station. Accommodations for eighty guests. Rates, |;i5 to I25 
per week. 

Haverford House.— Samuel H. Bowman. Accommodations for 
fifty guests. 

Boarding-Holse.— Miss Hawkins. Accommodations for twenty- 
five guests. 

PjOARding-House. — J. T. McBride. Five minutes' walk from sta- 
tion. Accommodation for twenty-five guests. 



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ROSEMONT, Pa. 

Distance, 10.9 miles. 29 trains each way on week-days; 19 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 19 minutes, accommodation 29 minutes. Fare, 32 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 54 cents. Family tickets $11; quarterly, ^16.20; 

monthly, $6; school, $4. 

This is one of the finest places along the line. Its location on nat- 
ural eminences, close to the macadamized turnpike, has in a great 
measure been instrumental in the commanding position it holds in 
suburban properties. Most of the houses are built on the south side 
of the track, having an entrance or drive from the pike. They are 
principally all large mansions erected with apparent disregard to cost. 
There are some few smaller homes on the north, towards Bryn IMawr, in 
a pretty little colony by themselves. 

Harm AN House.— Mr. VViUiam Harman. One-halt mile from sta- 
tion. Accommodations for seventy-five guests. 

VILLA NOVA, Pa. 

Distance, 12.0 miles. 29 trains each way on week-days; 19 on Sundays. 

Ruiming time, express 25 minutes, accommodation 32 minutes. Fare, 36 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 60 cents. Family tickets, $12.20; quarterly, $17.05; 

monthly, $6.30; school, $4.20. 

The college here, after which the station is named, and St. Thomas' 
church, with its towering spires, are strikingly conspicuous. The 
architecture of the latter is quite bold, and gives the place an unusually 
distinguished appearance. There are some few large houses back from 
the railroad. 

UPTON, Pa. 

Distance, 12.4 miles. 28 trains each way on week-days ; 19 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 27 minutes, accommodation 34 minutes. Fare, 37 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 62 cents. Family tickets, $12.60; quarterly, $17.40; 

monthly, $6.45 ; school, $4.30. 

The surrounding country is quite attractive at this point, and should 
prove fully as advantageous for the building of houses as that outlying 
sister stations. The situation in the heart of a district so highly de- 
veloped cannot but influence its growth. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Wm. Zell. Seven minutes from station. Ac- 
commodations for twelve persons. Rates, I5 and $6. 



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RADNOR, Pa. 

Distance, 13 miles. 29 trains each way on week-days; 19 on Sundays. 

Rimning time, express 29 minutes, accommodation 36 minutes. Fare, 39 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 65 cents. Family tickets, $13.20; quarterly, $17.80; 

monthly, $6.60 ; school, $4 40. 

This section of the country is exceedingly rustic and picturesque. 
The houses, which are substantial and handsome, are widely scattered, 
giving, in their individual isolation, an effect particularly gratifying to 
their owners and beholders, and yet the idea of careful cultivation is 
carried out most faithfully. Back from the station is a large natural gulf 
or cleft in the surface of the earth, through which a tiny stream winds its 
way. An old gristmill was built here in 1747 and is still pluckily running. 
This exact spot was the scene of a skirmish between the redcoats and 
our Revolutionary heroes, under the conmiand of General Washington. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Wm. J. Frame. One and a half miles from 
station. Accommodations for eight persons. Rates, $5 and 16 per week. 

ST. DAVID'S, Pa. 

Distance, 13. S miles. 29 trains each way on week-days ; 19 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 24 minutes, accommodation 38 minutes. Fare, 41 cents ; 2-dav 

excursion rate, 69 cents. Family tickets, $14; quarterly, $18.65; 

monthly, I6.90; school, $4.60. 

The excjuisite taste noticeable here on the slightest observation, in 
the construction of the houses and the landscaping, reflects great credit 
alike on builder and occupant. This pretty settlement is immediately 
contiguous to its big neighbor on the west, — Wayne, — the properties on 
its border in this direction being shadowed by those in the last-mentioned 
suburban town. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. Wm. Garber. Two minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodations for twelve guests. Rates, $S to ^10 per 
week. Open all year. 

WAYNE, Pa. 

Distance, 14.6 miles. 29 trains each way on week-days; 19 on Sundays. 

Rumiing time, express 26 minutes, accommodation 40 minutes. l''arc, 44 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 73 cents. Family tickets, I14.80 ; quarterly, $19 ; 

monthly, $7.05 ; school, $4.70. 

The prestige commanded by this highly progressive place is 
thoroughly deserved, and worthy of the consideration of many otiier 



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suburbs which aim to attain the appreciation and attention of home- 
seekers. Everything possible is tried in the steps of advanced methods 
which have proved beneficial to a rising community, and the successful 
accomplishment of this enterprising spirit can unmistakably be seen 
by the conclusive evidence of its phenomenal growth. The population 
now numbers twenty-five hundred. A large electric plant supplies the 
homes and town with light, and a steam-heating plant with heat. 
Five churches of various denominations are within short distance of 
the station. There is also a flourishing title and trust company in active 
operation, a public school, a spacious club-house for social amusement, 
with well-kept grounds surrounding it for cricket, tennis, and all outdoor 
sports, and a public hall for plays, lectures, &c. 

LouELLA Mansion.— Miss Elizabeth R. Boughter. Two minutes' 
walk from station. Accommodations for one hundred guests. Open 
May to November. Rates, $20 to $40 per week. 

Hotel Bellevue. — Mrs. M. B. Field. Four minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodations for two hundred guests. Rates, 1 15 to I35 
per week. Open May to November. 

Mt. Pleasant House. — Col. T. W. Baker. One mile from sta- 
tion. Accommodations for twenty-two persons. Rates, $S to $12. Open 
June to November. 

Boarding-House. — Mrs. M. E. Singer. Five minutes from sta- 
tion. Accommodations for fifteen guests. Open ail the year. Rates, 
$S to I15 per week. 



STRAFFORD, Pa. 

Distance, 15.5 miles. 29 trains each way on week-daj'S ; 19 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 29 minutes, accommodation 43 mmutes. Fare, 47 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 78 cents. Family tickets, $15.70 ; quarterly, $19.85 ; 

monthly, I7.35 ; school, $4.90. 

Strafford, with its pretty name and tastefully-built colonial cottages, 
marks the spot where in years gone by travelers to and from Philadelphia 
were entertained and rested over night in its old wayside inn and tavern. 
Tradition alone remains of these old days. It is now one of the hand- 
somest suburbs of Philadelphia, honored with an increasing patronage 
each succeeding year. 



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DEVON, Pa. 

Distance, 16.5 miles. 29 trains each way on week-days ; 19 on Snndays. 

Rtnniiiig: time, express 31 minutes, accommodation 45 minutes. Fare, 50 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 83 cents. Family tickets, I16.70 ; quarterly, $20.65 ; 

monthly, $7.65; school, I5.10. 

Like other towns along the historic Lancaster turnpike, it holds 
sacred the many old landmark houses scattered here and there which 
bear testimony to their old age, and are so closely allied with the 
history of the State. The advance of time and invention has created 
a marvelous change, and now, almost on the same ground, stands a mag- 
nificent modern inn, with its costly furnishings, large halls, and even 
an orchestra day and evening during its season. 

Recognizing the advantages of the site, the pure air and conveniences, 
the founders of two homes for the sick have adopted Devon for the 
execution of their purpose. 

Devon Inn.— Mr. G. J. Waters. Three hundred yards from 
station. Accommodations for two hundred and fifty guests. Rates, 
117 to |6o per week. May 15th to October 15th. 

Boarding House. - Mrs. W. B. Miller. Five minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodations for eight persons. |io to $15 per week. 
May 15th to October 15th. 

BERWYN, Pa. 

Distance, 17 5 miles. 29 trains each way on week-days ; 19 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 34 minutes, accommodation 48 minutes. Fare, 53 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 88 cents. Family tickets, $17.80; quarterly, $21.50; 

monthly, $7.95 ; school, $5.30. 

Delightfully situated on an eminence, and with other exceptional 
advantages, the rapid development and well-earned popularity of 
Berwyn are but the natural results of what location backed with enter- 
prise can accomplish. The place advances its just claim for a con- 
tinuance of popular favor, and offers in its pretty cottages, fine 
building sites, healthfulness, and the best facilities, highly attractive 
inducements to those contemplating either temporary or permanent 
residence in a country place with the best of city conveniences. 

Fair VIEW Hai.l. — Mrs. Jos. Petery. Three minutes from station 
Accommodations for thirty guests. Rates moderate. Opens May 1st. 



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Wynneburn Inn.— Mrs. W. B, Dallam. Quarter mile from station. 
Accommodations for seventy guests. Rates, $io to $15 per week. Open 
May 15th to October 31st. 

Willow Dale.— Mr. W. W. Downing. One and a quarter miles 
from station. Accommodations for forty-five guests. Rates, $6 to |io 
per week. 

Kromer's Hotel.— Mr. J. F. Kromer. Two minutes from station. 
Accommodations for fifty guests. Rates, $5 to $10 per week. Open all 
year. 

Hayman House.— Miss Maggie Hayman. Three minutes from 
station. Accommodations for ten guests. Rates, $6 to 1 12 per week. 

Maple Cottage.— Mrs. Jos. Petery. Seven minutes from station. 
Accommodations for ten guests. 

BuTTONWOOD Spring.— Mrs. H. E. Longnecker. 



DAYLESFORD, Pa. 

Distance, 18.6 miles. 26 trains each way on week-days; iS on Sundays. 

Running time, express 44 minutes, accommodation 51 minutes. Fare, 56 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 93 cents Family tickets, |i8.8o ; quarterly, $22.30 ; 

monthly, $8.25 ; school, $5.50. 

As yet Daylesford is but little developed ; but, judging from the 
growth of other stations with even less advantages, it is safe to predict 
a bright future for what is really a very desirable and exceedingly pretty 
stretch of country. 

PAOLI, Pa. 

Distance, 19.9 miles. 29 trains each way on week-days; 19 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 37 minutes, accommodation 53 minutes. Fare, 60 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, $1. Family tickets, $20.10, quarterly, $23.50; 

monthly, $8.70; school, $5.80. 

Paoli is a sort of terminus for local trains between here and the 
city, as further west the service is not so frequent, though it is equal 
to the demand. Up to this point the scenery is comparatively tame, 
owing in some extent to excessive cultivation. Here the country bursts 
forth in all its original grandeur, increasing with each stride. The 
beautiful Chester Valley can be seen from the station, which reaches 



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the elevation of nearly six hundred feet above tidewater. The settle- 
ment boasts of two churches, a school, and a town hall. 

Paoli Inn. — Miss Jardines. Accommodations for seventy-five i^uests. 

The Evergreen. — Mrs. J. VI. Rennard. Accommodations for 
thirty-five persons. 

GREEN TREE, Pa. 

Distance, 21 miles. 14 trains each way on week-days ; 8 on Sundays. 

RuiHiinj^ time, express 43 minutes, accommodation 54 minutes. Fare, 63 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, I1.05. Family tickets, $21.10; quarterly, $24.30; 

monthly, $9; school, $6. 

A few steps from the station here, and a grand view of the Chester 
Valley, which runs nearer the railroad as it extends westward, is dis- 
closed, but, apart from the highly esteemed proximity of this piece of 
perfect farm land, the place presents its own charms. 

Boarding-House. — Mrs Jno. Hughes. Accommodations for 
twenty-five guests. Rates, $6 to $io per week. Immediately opposite 
station. 

DuFFRYN Mawr. — Mr. Alfred Mullen. One minute's walk from 
station. Accommodations for forty guests. Rates, $j to |io per week. 

MALVERN, Pa. 

Distance, 21.6 miles. 14 trains each way on week-days; 8 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 42 minutes, accommodation 58 minutes. Fare, 65 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, $1.08. Family tickets, $21.80; quarterly, $24.70; 

monthly, $9.15 ; school, $6.10. 

In the neighborhood of what is now a quiet, pretty place is the 
historic Paoli battle-ground. It was here an entire company of Wash- 
ington's soldiers, with the exception of a drummer boy, who escaped 
by hiding in a tree, was massacred by the British. It is now quite a 
popular place and steadily increasing in size each year. 

Mansion House. — J. C. Hatton. One minute's walk from station. 
Accommodations for ten persons. 

Boarding-House. — Mrs. A. W. Lewis. Five minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodations for fifteen guests. Rates, 18 to 1 12 per week. 

Boarding-House. — Mr. John Detwiler. Five minutes from station. 
Open May 15th to October ist. 



Farm House. — Mrs. A. \V. Montgomery. Fifteen minutes' walk 
from station. Accommodations for eighteen guests. Rates, $6 to |io 
per week. 

Farm House. — Mrs. M. A. Gilbert. Fifteen minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodations for six guests. Rates, |6 per week. Open 
June to October. 

FRAZER, Pa. 

Di>taiice, 23.9 miles. iS trains each way on week-days ; 9 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 45 minutes, accommodation i hour and 5 minutes. Fare, 71 

cents; 2-day excursion rate, $1.19. Family tickets, ^24; quarterly, 

$26.75 ; monthly, $9.90 ; school, f6.6o. 

A junction point for both the West Chester and the Phoenixville 
branches, the former going off to the south, and the latter to the north. 

The fickleness of Dame Fortune is illustrated in the birth and sub- 
sequent development of Frazer. With the superior advantages of being 
quite a railroad centre, together with its rural fascinations, it has not 
grown with anything like the rapidity of other points. It surely must 
take a decided move in the proper direction before long, as its attrac- 
tions will sooner or later become manifest. 

Linden Hall. — ^Jno. H. Storm. Five minutes' walk from station. 
Accommodations for twenty guests. Rates, $7 to $10 per week. Open 
May 15th to November 15th. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Jno. H. Rudolph. Fifteen minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodations for six guests. Rates, $7 per week. Open 
June to September. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Miss Meredith and sister. Fifteen minutes' 
walk from station. Accommodation for eight guests. Open May to 
September. 

Farm House. — Mrs. E. Williams. One mile from station. 
Accommodations for ten guests. Rates, $s to $7 per week. Open 
June to November. 

Farm House.— Mrs. M. E. Wilson. Two miles from station. 
Accommodations for thirty guests. Rates, $s to $6 per week. Open 
May to November. 

Boardtng-House.— Mrs. E. L. Corson. One-half mile from 
station. Accommodations for six guests. Rates, $s per week. May 
to November. 



GLEN LOCH. 

Distance, 25.3 miles. 10 trains each way on week-days ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 45 minutes, accommodation i hour 7 miinites. I''are, 76 cents ; 

2-day excursion rate, $[.27. Family tickets, $25.50; quarterly, 

$27.95; monthly, $10.3^; school, $6.90. 

The Chester Valley, with its vari-colored farms and restful homes, 
looks like one vast, magnificent garden from this spot. The Trenton 
Cut-off branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, skirting the soulhern 
boundary of the valley, strikes the Main Line here. Glen Loch has a 
population of about seven hundred, who certainly enjoy unusual natural 
advantages. 

SHIP ROAD, Pa. 

Distance, 26.6 miles. 8 trains each way on week-days ; 3 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 56 minutes, accommodation i hour S minutes. Fare, So ceats ; 

2-day excursion rate, $133. Family tickets, $26.80; quarterly, 

$28.75; monthly, $10.65; school, $7.10. 

A village at the present time, but with its fine situation overlooking 
many miles of picturesque country, and its nearness to the city, it is 
destined to grow up with its neighbors. 

WHITELAND, Pa. 

Distance, 27.4 miles. 9 trains each way on week-days ; 3 on Sundays. 

Running time, express i hour, accommodation i hour 12 minutes. Fare 82 cents; 

2-day excursion rate, $1.37. Family tickets, $27.60; quarterly, 

$29.60 ; monthly, $10.95 ; school, $7.30 

Like Ship Road, this place, although located within the bounds 
of a charming region, is unsettled to any great degree in comparison with 
the other points on the division, yet its eligibility must assert itselt 
in time. 

WHITFORD, Pa. 

Distance, 28.4 miles. 9 trains each way on week-days ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 53 minutes, acconnnodation i hour 14 minutes. Fare, 85 cents ; 

2-day excursion rate, $1.42. Family tickets, $28.60; quarterly, 

$30.35; monthly, $11.25; school, $7.50. 

In the midst of a noted agricultural district, Whitford offers a 
rare chance for a pleasant summer retreat. It has made quite a start 
in the direction of becoming better known, and with the facilities of 
larger places its ultimate prominence is anticipated. 



BRADFORD HILLS, Pa. 

Distance, 29 S miles. 9 trains each way on week-days ; 4 on Sundays. 
Running time, express 53 minutes ; accommodation, i hour 17 minutes. Fare, 89 cents ; 
2-day excursion rate, I1.49. Family tickets, $30 ; quarterly, 
$31.60; monthly, $11.70; school, $7.80. 

At this point, as the name implies, the land is exceedingly high 
and hilly. On the wooded hills north of the tracks are built some very 
pretty houses, and from their immense height can be seen the magnificent 
panorama of the Chester Valley for miles, as it sweeps along below 
in all its beauty. The attractiveness of the place certainly merits 
general attention and appreciation as a point fully qualified to answer 
the needs of a beautiful retreat. It is truly a delightful place, and re- 
nowned for its purity of air and water. 

DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. 

Distance, 32 4 miles. 12 trains each way on week-days ; 6 on Sundays. 

Rumiing time, express 53 minutes, accommodation i hour and 22 minutes. Fare 9S cents ; 

2-day excursion rate, $1.62. Family tickets, $32.60 ; quarterly, 

$33.60; monthly, $12.45; school, $8.30. 

Downingtown stretches out in the shape of a cross in the centre 
of a most fertile and pretty country. An arm of the romantic Brandy- 
wine Creek flows through the town, and divides it in two. This 
natural separation is used as a municipal division of its two wards. It 
is a thriving, enterprising community, adopting the newest ideas with 
eagerness and yet with conservatism, until ample proof of their worth 
has been demonstrated. Every convenience of a large city is afibrded 
the resident and sojourner. 

Churches, public schools, and good stores are supported by the 
population which numbers twenty-five hundred. 

Pennsylvania Railroad Hotel. — R. M. Baldridge. Opposite 
station. Accommodations for fifty guests. Rates, $2 per day, |io 
per week. 

The Heilbroun. — Mrs. Long. Half mile from station. Accom- 
modations for fifty guests. Rates, $2 to I2.50 per day, $6 to $15 
per week. 

Boarding-House.— Mrs. Thos. Hoopes. One minute's walk from 
station. Accommodations for ten guests. Rates, $6 to $10 per week. 



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BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. Powell. One niiiiiite's walk from station. 

BoARDiNG-HousK. — Mi's. Ella Peace. Two minutes' walk from 
station. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. Mary Kilman. One minute's walk from 
station. 

BoAKDiNG-HousE. — INIrs. S. Thomas. One mile from station. 

WEST CHESTER BRANCH. 

Distance, Zerniatt 25.6, Kirkland 27.9, Greene Hill 27.9, Fern Hill 29.3 miles. 

13 trains each way on week-days, 6 on Sundays. . 

Running time, 53 minutes to i hour anil 8 minutes. Fare, 80 cents; 2-day excursion 

rate, I1.25. Family tickets range from I25 to J29 ; quarterly range from 

$28 to I30.80; monthly range from fio to $11.40; school range from $7.60 to $8. 

The West Chester Branch, leaving the Main Line at Frazer, trends 
to the south, and, at a distance of six and eight-tenths miles, reaches 
West Chester. The stations on the branch are Zermatt, Kirkland, 
Greene Hill, and Fern tIill, at each one of which all the trains stop, 
thus giving them the same facilities as enjoyed by West Chester via 
Frazer. This region, outside the valley proper, is the choicest section of 
Chester County. The hills are elevated and crowned with handsome 
trees, while the- green valleys are as fertile as a garden. Picturesque 
views of pastoral beauty spread out in every direction, and frotn some of 
the hill-tops the prospect is superb. Country homes are the principal 
holdings at present, but the desirability of the region in every particular 
is attracting the attention of home-seekers from the city, and few more 
seasons will pass before it will present a chain of settlements along the 
entire branch line. 

PHCENLXVHLE BRANCH 



Distance, Nutt Avenue 29, Harveyville 29.7, Pickering 31, Aldham 32.3, Devault 33.7, 
Sidley 35.1, Bacton 36.2, Swedesboro Road 37.3 miles. 5 trains each way on week-days. 

Running time, i hour and 12 minutes to i hour and 50 minutes. 

Fare, first class, ranging from 87 cents to Si. 10. Family tickets, ranging from 529.20 

to 137-50; monthly tickets, ranging from $11.40 to $13.95; school tickets, 

ranging from $7.60 to $9.30. 

The Phtenixville Branch, leaving the Main Line of the Schuylkill 
Division at Phctnixvill*, runs off in a southerly direction, and, at a 



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distance of eleven miles, reaches Frazer, on the Main Line of the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad. There are seven or eight stations on the branch, the 
principal ones of which are Devault, Aldham, and Pickering. The 
character of the region warrants its becoming a choice and popular section. 
It is as yet very quiet, but offers every inducement for a recreative 
summer sojourn, with its water, woods, and pretty farms. 



PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD 

SCHUYLKILL DIVISION. 



PARK, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 4.6 miles. 7 trains each way on week-days ; 6 on Sundays. 

Running time, 12 minutes. Fare, 15 cents; 2-day excursion rate, 25 cents. Family 

tickets, I4.80 ; quarterly, I10.90 ; monthly, I4. 05 ; school, $2.70. 

This point is one of the most convenient gateways to Fairmount 
Park, and is under the ver}^ shadow of George's Hill, from the summit 
of which a splendid view of the city and the Delaware River may be 
obtained. Excursionists find a haven on the thickly wooded and shaded 
ground in the vicinity. 



BALA, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 5.7 miles. 20 trains each way on week-days; 15 on Sundays. 

Running time, express ir minutes, accommodation 15 minutes. Fare, 15 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 25 cents. Family tickets, $5.90; quarterly, 

I11.75; monthly, <^4. 35 ; school, |2. 90. 

On the western borders of the park, of which Philadelphia is so 
justly proud, with the county line running through it, is the beautiful 
suburb of Bala. The high ground, picturesque country, and other 
natural advantages have served to stimulate its rapid development, 
and place it in a most enviable position. The houses in and around the 
place are of the prettiest design and finish. Spacious grounds surround 
the larger residences, which are the equal of any in the suburban district. 
The accessibility to the city, either by train or driving, tends in a great 
measure to add to its popularity, which has taken decidedly upward 
strides of late years, and with every indication of gaining even wider 
attention. 

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The desirability and situation of Bala are so conspicuously evident 
that there are no less than five large public homes of various kinds 
erected within its lines, which fact speaks well for the future growth. 

CYNWYD, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 6.1 miles. 19 trains each way on week-daj-s ; 14 on Snndajs. 

Running time, express 15 minutes, accommodation 17 minutes. Fare, 15 cents; 2-day 

excursion r.ite, 25 cents. Family tickets, $6.40 ; quarterly, 

$12.15; monthly, $4.50 ; school, I3. 

The excellent location of this station, and the beautiful, undulating 
country surrounding it, render it a most attractive place of summer resi- 
dence. Improvements of a substantial nature have been recently made 
here, and a place of some prominence in the list of valuable country 
properties is promised by these genuine attestations of its worth. 

WEST LAUREL HILL, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 7.1 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days; 13 on Sundays. 

Running time, 17 minutes. Fare, 15 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 25 cents. Family 

tickets, I7. 30; quarterly, |i2. 95; monthly, J4. So ; school, «;3. 20. 

This place is entitled to rank with the most beautiful cities of the 
dead in the land The cemetery, after which the place is named, is lo- 
cated on very high ground overlooking the Schuylkill River, and the 
view from almost any point is extensive and varied. The surrounding 
country enjoys like elevation, but has not as yet attracted the eyes of 
suburban settlers to any extent. 

MANAYUNK, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 7.9 miles. 21 trains each way on week-days; 15 on Siuidays. 

Rumiing time, express 15 miimtes, accommodation 22 minutes. Fare, 15 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 25 cents. Family tickets, |8. 10 ; quarterly, 

$1375; monthly, I5. 10; school, $3.40. 

This thickly-settled manufacturing place is built on abrupt hills 
which rise to a great height from the river's bank. Several great 
mills are located here, and the population is mainly dependent on 
them for supi)ort. Manayunk is famous throughout the country for its 
industries of various kinds; in fact, its productions add materially to the 
manufacturing reputation of Philadelphia. 



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SHAWMONT, Pa. 

Distance, 9.6 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days; 14 on Sundays. 

Rniuiinj; time, 26 minutes. Fare, 20 cents; 2-day e.xcuision rate, 35 cents. Family 

tickets, I9. 80; cjuarterly, $15 ; monthly, $5.55 ; school, I3. 70. 

Overlooking the sinuous banks of the Schuylkill, on a high hill, 
is situated pretty little Shavvmont, with its scattering of houses devoted 
to private ffimily use. Boating, bathing, and fishing are the chief sum- 
mer attractions. The place affords many available sites for building- 
purposes, and the facilities are of the best kind. 

SPRING MILL, Pa. 

Distance, 12.4 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days; 14 on Sundays. 

Running time, 32 minutes. Fare, 35 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 45 cents. Family 

tickets, $r2. 60; quarterly, $17.40 ; monthly, |6. 45 ; school, $4.30. 

Tiiis station is well equipped with all conveniences for communi- 
cation with the outer world. From the site of the old mansion at 
Spring Mill and other highly-elevated points an extensive view is re- 
vealed of the country for miles around. In the distance, dimly outlined 
mountains, and beneath, the winding waters of the river, from which the 
valley derives its name, reward the gaze. 

Old Stone Mansion —Miss L. R. Righter. Five minutes' 
walk from station. Accommodations for twelve gentlemen. Rates, |i 2 
to $1$ per week. Open May to November. 

Farm House.— Miss A. E. Jones. Four minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodations for twenty-five. Open all year. 

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. 

Distance, 13.6 miles. 21 trains each way on week-days; 15 on Sundays. 

Runnin.tj time, express 24 minutes, accommodation 36 minutes. Fare, 33 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 50 cents. Family tickets, $13.80; quarterly, 

$18.25; monthly, $6.75; school, $4.50. 

Like Manayunk, chiefly to manufacturing industries, it owes its 
growth. In addition, however, it offers especial attractions for summer 
sojourners. In the residential portion of the town are seen many hand- 
some private homes, generously ensconced in well-kept grounds, and 
from which point is unfolded a chnrming j^-ospect of fine scenery. 



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Its telegraphic, telephonic, mail service, churches, schools, and stores 
— all combine to form a miniature city, from which, in a few minutes' 
walk, a beautiful open country is approached. 

Hermitage Mansion. — Mrs. Jonas Eberhardt. One mile from 
station. Accommodations for seventy-five guests. Open May to Novem- 
ber. Rates, $7 to |io per week. 

Montgo:mery House.— Mr. V. S. Bloomhall. One square from 
station. Accommodations for fifteen guests. Open all year. Rates, $g 
per week, $1.50 per day. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Mr. William Hallowell. Half a mile from 
station. Accommodations for fifteen guests. Open all year. 

Old Fulton Mansion.— Mrs. F. Collins. Three squares from 
station. Accommodations for forty guests. Rates, $7 to |io per week. 

NORRISTOWN, Pa. 

Distance, 17.4 miles. 21 trains each waj- on week-days; 15 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 30 minutes, accommodation 44 minutes. Fare, 50 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 65 cents Family tickets, I17. 60 ; quarterly, $21.45 ; 

monthly, I7.95 ; school, $5.30. 

Norristown, of Revolutionary fame, is an old and well-established 
town, dating back many years when it was amongst the foremost 
settlements in the Union. Advancing slowly but surely, it now asserts 
itself as being one of the most prosperous regions, and located as it is 
in a choice portion of the Schuylkill Valley, its twenty-two thousand 
inhabitants have every reason to be proud of their enterprise in push- 
ing the big borough to its present high standing. Electric light and trolley 
lines are included in its many advantages, and an excellent service of 
fast and well-equipped trains connects it with Philadelphia. 

It is the county-seat of Montgomery County. 

Hotel and Private Mansion attached. — Mr. Oliver K. Beyer. 
Two miles from station. Accommodations for forty to fifty guests. 
Rate, |6 per week. Open May to November. 

Boarding-House. — Mrs. D. Y. Reiff. Five minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodations for eight guests. Open all year. Rates, $6 
to |8 per week. 

Hartranft House.-- Mr. Theo. Hallman. Two and one-half 
squares from station. Accommodations for seventy-five guests. Rates, 
$$ to $8 per week. 



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Veranda Hotel.— Mr. John G. Tyson. Two squares from sta- 
tion. Accommodations for thirty or forty guests. Open all year. Rates, 
$5 to $7 per week. 

Rambo House.— Mr. Warren B. Barnes. Two squares from 
station. Accommodations for fifty or sixty persons. Open all year. 
Rates, $s to $S per week. 

Montgomery House. — Mr. P. V. Hoy. One square from station. 
Accommodations for fifty persons. Open all year. Rates, $g to |io 
per week. 

Farmers' Hotel.— Mr. S. H. Mensch. Three squares from 
station. Accommodations for one hundred guests. Open all year. 
Rates, $s to $7 per week. 

Windsor Hotel.— Mr. Wm. A. Boucot. Opposite station. Accom- 
modations for sixty-five guests. Rates, $8 to $10 per week. 

Exchange Hotel. — Mr. Jno. S. Davis. Accommodations for forty 
guests. Rate, $7 per week. 

BETZWOOD, Pa. 

Distance, 21.7 miles. 8 trains each way on week-days; 5 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 40 minutes, accommodation 56 minutes. Fare, 63 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 84 cents. Family tickets, $21.90; quarterly, 

$24.70; monthly, $9.15; school, $6.10. 

A thriving little place, increasing in size with each season. Many 
improvements have recently been made, and every facility for connection 
with the city is to be had by its rather few inhabitants. 

Opposite Betzwood, on the other side of the river, is the 
Port Kennedy Hotel. — Mr. Daniel Loughlin. Three-quarters 
of a mile from station. Accommodations for ten guests. Open all 
the year. Rate, $7 per week. 

PERKIOMEN, Pa. 

Distance, 24.7 miles. 8 trains each way on week-days ; 5 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 44 minutes, accommodation i hour. Fare, 74 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 99 cents. Family tickets, $24.90; quarterly, 

$27.10; monthly, $10.05 ; school, $6.70. 

Perkiomen is at the point of junction of the Schuylkill River and 
Perkiomen Creek, and an ideal spot for camping-out and fishing 
parties. Several summer and permanent homes are attached to the 
place. 



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Farm House. — Thos. Griffen. Ten minutes from station. Accommo- 
dations for fifteen persons. Rates, $6 to $S per week. Oaks Post-office. 

Farm Housp:. — Mrs. Milton Davis. One-half mile from station. 
Accommodations for eight guests. Rates. $6 to $S per week. Oaks 
Post-office. 

Farm House. — Mrs. Mary A. Stall. One mile from station. 
Accommodations for twelve guests. Rates, $6 to $S per week. Oaks 
Post-office. 

Farm House. — Mr. Stroup. One and one-half miles from 
station. Accommodations for twenty guests. Rates, $6 to $8 per 
week. Oaks Post-office. 

PORT PROVIDENCE, Pa. 

Distance, 26.5 miles. 7 trains each way c«i week-days ; 5 on Sundays. 

Kuiniing time, i hour 5 minutes. Fare, 80 cents; 2-day excursion rate, I1.07. Family 

tickets, I26.70; quarterly, $28.75 ; monthly, 110.65 ; school, $7.10. 

On the western side of the railroad, sheltered by the surrounding 
high ground, lies this little settlement, well adapted for summer rest 
and health. 

Indian Rock Farm.— Mr. Joseph Fitz water. Three minutes 
from station. Accommodations for twelve adults. Open June to 
October. Rates, $7 to |io per week. 

Boarding-House.— Mr. James H. Brower. Three hundred yards 
from station. Accommodations for six guests. Open May to November. 
Rate, $6 per week. 

Boarding-House.— Mr. J. H. Harley. Five minutes from station. 
Accommodations for ten guests. 

MONT CLARE, Pa. 

Mont Clare is on the other side of the river from its big neighbor, — 
Phrenixville, — and presents an attractive quarter, either for residences or 
pleasure-seekers. Fishing in Black Rock Dam, nearby, is claimed to 
be of a good character, and draws a lot of devotees of the rod during 
the biting season. 

Black Rock Hotel. — Two miles from station. Accommodations 
for twenty guests. 

Boarding-House.— Mrs. J. C. Davis. One minute from station. 
Accommodations for five guests. 



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PHCENIXVILLE, Pa. 

Distance, 2R miles. 10 trains each way on week-days; 5 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 48 minutes, accommodation i hour 13 minutes. Fare, 81 cents ; 

2-day excursion rate, $r. 08. Family tickets, $28.20 ; quarterly, 

I29.55 ; monthly, I10.95 ; school, $7.40. 

Phnenixville, as is well known, is an industrial centre of consider- 
able commercial importance. Its iron ftirnaces supply a great amount 
of material to the building trade, and its bridge-work goes out to the 
most remote sections of the country. Other manufacturing enterprises 
support its population, which now numbers eleven thousand, who, in 
turn, support ten churches, several banks and schools, daily papers, 
gas and water works, and all the facilities an enterprising little city 
can command. 

The town shares, with the entire valley, a reputation for healthful- 
ness and pleasant surroundings which attract many visitors. 

Washin-gton Hotel.— Mr. Fred Wall. Si.K minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodations for twenty guests. Open all the year. Rates, 
I6.50 to I8.50 per week. 

Phcenix Hotel.— Mr. Jacob Wall. Eight minutes from station. 
Accommodations for fifteen guests. Open all the year. Rates, $6.50 to 
|8 per week. 

Dettra House.— Mr. Adam Raby. Ten minutes from station. 
Accommodations for fifteen guests. Open all the year. Rates, $1 per 
day, $s to |7 per week. 

Union Hotel. — Mr. John Stroup. Five minutes from station. 
Accommodations for twenty-five guests. Open all year. Rates, $1 per 
day, $7 to |io per week. 

PHa:Nix Club. — Mrs. G. W. Boone. Ten minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodations for thirty guests. Open all the year. Rates, 
I2.50 per day, |8, |r5, and |2o per week. 

Mansion.— Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkinson. Three minutes from Nutt's 
Avenue Station. Accommodations for eight guests. Open May to 
November. Rates, $7 to $g per week. 

General Pike Hotel.— Mr. Chas. Shaffer. One minute from 
Nutt's Avenue Station. Accommodations for twenty-five guests. Open 
all year. Rates, I7 to $g per week. 

RoARDiNc-HorsE.— Mrs. Isaac Christman. One mile east from the 
station. Accommodates thirty gue.sts. 



PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. 



NEW YORK DIVISION. 



FRANKFORD, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 9.6 miles. 23 trains each waj- on week-days ; 13 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 18 minutes, accommodation 25 minutes. Fare, 15 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 25 cents. Package tickets S for |i ; quarterly, $15 ; 

monthly, $5.55 ; school, $3.70. 

Frankford, with its numberless factories and mills, is very proud of the 
fact that it contributes largely to the national reputation of Philadelphia 
as a manufacturing centre. In fact, some of the products of this indus- 
trial outskirt have earned a world-wide fame. The population of thirty 
thousand, who rely principally upon manufactures for their maintenance, 
support eighteen churches, the best of schools, newspapers, and other 
conveniences of the city proper. 

It is asserted that Thomas Jefferson and other members of the 
Continental Congress repaired to an old mansion belonging in those 
days to the Edwards family, and still standing here, to celebrate, in a 
social way, the momentous event of the signing of the Declaration of 
Independence. The French general La Fayette also honored the place 
with his presence on an occasion. 

Jolly Post. — E. F. Smith. Five squares from station. Accom- 
modations for fifty guests. Rates, $7 to |i2 per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. R. Buckius. Five minutes from station. 
Accommodates twenty-five guests. Open all year. Rates, I5 to |6 
per week. 

Seven Stars Hotel. — Mr. John Birkman. One mile from station. 
Accommodates thirty-five guests. Open all year. Rates, |6 to $8 per 
week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Misses Thorp. Five squares from station. 
Accommodates ten guests. Open all year. Rates, I5 to |8 per week. 

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BRIDESBURG, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 10.4 miles. 18 trains each way on week-days ; 10 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 23 minutes, accommodation 28 minutes. Fare, 20 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 30 cents. Quarterly tickets, I15.80 ; monthly, $5.85 ; school, $3.90. 

Close to Frankford, Bridesburg, in a way, partakes of the same 
nature as its bigger neighbor. The United States Arsenal is stationed 
here, and the armament test and target practice are sources of both 
interest and instruction. 

Myers' Hotel. — Mrs. R. Myers. One square from station. Ac- 
commodations for fifteen guests. 

Hafer's Hotel. — Chas. Hafer. One square from station. Ac- 
commodation? for fifteen guests. 

WISSINOMING, Philadelphia. 

Distance, ii.i miles. 16 trains each way on week-days ; 10 on Sundays. 

Running time, 26 minutes. Fare, 25 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 40 cents. Family 

tickets, $11.10; quarterly, $16.60 ; monthly, I6.15 ; school, $4.10. 

This IS the first station on the New York Division with rural 
surroundings. It is built on high ground, and its advantages in 
a delightful location have given a decided impetus to its being se- 
lected as a place of residence and summer outing. There is an old 
ladies' home, picturesquely enclosed in pretty grounds, close by the 
station. 

TACONY, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 12. i miles. 20 trains each way on week-days ; 11 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 22 minutes, accommodation 33 minutes. Fare, 25 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 40 cents. Family tickets, $12.20 ; quarterly, $17.40 ; 

monthly, $6.45 ; school, $4.30. 

Very much like Frankford, is Tacony, with its busy manufacturing 
establishments and its thrifty, industrious community of people. Snug 
little homes make up the social part of the section, which is as far 
advanced in the enjoyment of improved facilities as could be desired. 
A realization of the immense proportions of Philadelphia is most obvious 
when the twelve miles and more intervening between here and the great 
Broad Street Station, and yet a very populous region in view, are 
considered. 



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Hotel. — Messrs. Merz Brothers. One square from station. Ac- 
commodates fifty guests. Open all year. Rates, |8 to |r2 per week. 

Brighton House.— Mrs. M. Coyn. Five squares from station. 
Accommodates twenty guests. Open all the year. Rate, 15 per week. 

HOLMESBURG JUNCTION, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 13.2 miles. 19 trains each way on week-days ; 1 1 on Snndays. 

Rniniing time, express 22 minutes, accommodation 36 minutes. Fare, 26 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 44 cents. Family tickets, $13.20; quarterly, $18.25; 

monthly, $6.75 ; school, $4.50. 

This station acts as a junction point of the Main Line with the 
spur running to Holmesburg. four-tenths of a mile, Bustleton four miles 
distant, and two other stations of minor importance. A very pretty 
country, with many summer attractions, lies beyond the station, and 
with easy access to the city at all times. 

The House of Correction is nearby, and the new County Prison 
is in course of trection. This latter institution will relieve Moyamensing 
of its burden. 

Farm House.— Mrs. A. G. Reese. One-half mile from station. 
Accommodations for twenty guests. Rates, $6 to $S per week. 

State Road Hotel. — Mr. G. Birkman. One square from station. 
Accommodates thirty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $6 to $S per 
week. 

BoARDiNCi-HousE.— Mrs. Alfred Hogeland. Three minutes' walk 
from station. Accommodates five guests. Open May to October. 
Rates, $6 to |8 per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Mrs. S. Wilde. One-half mile from station. 
Accommodates four guests. Rate, $"/ per week. 

Mansion. — Mrs. George Yeagle. One mile from station. Accom- 
modates fifteen guests. Open May to October. Rates, $6 to $S per week. 

HOLMESBURG, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 13.7 miles. 9 trains each way on week-days ; 3 chi Sundays. 

Running time, 23 to 30 minutes. Fare, 28 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 46 cents. Family 

tickets, $13.70 ; quarterly, $18.65 ; monthly, $6.90 ; school, $4.60. 

Off a few steps ft-om the main division, with a resident population 
of over two thousand, and churches, a school and library, well-paved 



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streets, a suburb of no mean advantages, is Holniesburg, thoroughly 
suitable as a place of permanent abode or sunnner residence. 

Gkn'l Wayne Hotel.— Chris. Snyder. One-half mile from sta- 
tion. Accommodations for fifteen guests. Rates, $6 to $S per week. 

Green Tree Hotel.— Mr. C. W. Stout. One-quarter mile from 
station. Accommodates fifteen guests. Rates, $6 to $S per week. 
Open all year. 

Washington House.— Mr. Robert Johnson. One-quarter mile 
from station. Accommodates twenty guests. Open all year. Rates, 
$6 to $8 per week. 

BUSTLETON, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 17.3 miles. 9 trains each way on week-days ; 3 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 33 minutes, accommodation 38 minutes. Fare, 38 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 64 cents. Family tickets, I17.30 ; quarterly, $21.50 ; 

monthly, $7.95 ; school, I5.30. 

Reaching an elevation quite considerably above the lower end, 
Bustleton is the terminus of the spur from the junction. The town is 
built on high ground overlooking the Delaware and Pennypack, and 
contains fifteen hundred inhabitants. For plain, unadulterated country, 
that extending beyond into Huntingdon Valley is the equal of any 
near Philadelphia. 

Bustleton Hotel.— Accommodations for eight persons. 

Eagle Hotel.— W. J. Fitzgerald. Two squares from station. Ac- 
commodations for ten persons. 

LIDDONFIELD, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 14.3 miles. 13 trains each way on week-days ; 8 on Sundays. 

Ruiniing time, 39 minutes. Fare, 29 cents ; 2-day excursion rate. 49 cents. Family 

tickets, $14.30 ; quarterly, $19 ; monthly, $7.05 ; school, $4.70. 

A mile above Holmesburg Junction, on the main tracks, stands 
Liddonfield. A new and handsome station has been erected near the 
site of the old one which was called Pennypack. A level, pretty country 
environs the place, affording excellent opportunities for summer homes. 
In the vicinity is some fertile farm land, cared for by the inmates of 
the House of Correction, as a means of profitably employing the time 
of their enforced retirement from public life. 



PIERSON'S, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 15 miles. 15 trains each way on week-daj-s ; 8 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 33 minutes, accommodation 40 minutes. Fare, 32 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 53 cents. Family tickets, $15 ; quarterly, $19.45 ; 

monthly, I7.20 ; school, $4.80. 

An exceedingl}' quiet spot, and as yet but little developed. The 
country round about is principally devoted to agricultural pursuits, and 
yields rich products as a reward to the efforts of the plow and 
harrow. 



TORRESDALE, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 15.8 miles. 19 trains each way on week-days ; 8 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 25 minutes, accommodation 40 minutes. Fare, 34 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 57 cents. Family tickets, $15.80 ; quarterly, $20.30 ; 

monthly, $7.50 ; school, $5. 

Torresdale is romantically and picturesquely situated between the 
railroad and the river, and bounded on the northern side by a rushing 
creek. On the surrounding eminences and along the river bank will 
be found to-day old mansions, prominent in the history of the past, 
and now occupied either by the descendants of the original owners or 
devoted to other usages. These places rival in beauty and fine location 
the English parks after which they were fashioned. 

The Morelton Inn and Cottages, on the river front, are splendid 
establishments, and with new and progressive enterprise instilled in 
their management, bid fair to produce magnificent results in the summer 
qualifications of the place and its subsequent development. A com- 
modious addition or annex is now being constructed and will be ready 
for occupancy by early summer. An orchestra and a casino for evening 
diversions are highly valued and appreciated adjuncts to this hand, 
some suburban hotel. 

The Academy of the Sacred Heart, or Eden Hall, as it is popularly 
called, is within a few minutes' walk of the station. 

Morelton Inn and Cottages. — One-quarter mile from station. 
Accommodations for three hundred guests. 

Red Lion Inn.— Mr. L. O. T. Hall. One and one-quarter miles 
Irom station. Accommodates fifteen persons. Open all year. Rates, 
$8 to |io per week. 



ANDALUSIA, Pa. 

Distance, 16.8 miles. 14 trains each way on week-days ; S on Sundays. 

Running time, 44 minutes. Fare, 37 cents; 2-day excursion rate, 62 cents. I-'ainily 

tickets, $16. So; quarterly, $21.05 ; monthly, I7. 80 ; school, $5.20. 

Andalusia, though mainly populated by the residents of private 
summer homes, is a suitable place of retreat over the warm weather 
for transient guests. The section on the river bank, like other places 
in the locality, has all facilities for boating, bathing, and fishing. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs, R. J. Hudson. One-quarter mile from 
station. Accommodates si.\ guests. Open May to October. Rates, 
|7 to |io per week. 

CORNWELLS, Pa. 

Distance, 18.1 miles. iS trains each way on week-days ; 9 on Sundays. 

Ruiming time, express 34 minutes, accommodation 48 minutes. F"are, 41 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 68 cents. P'amily tickets, $18.10 ; quarterly, $22.25 ; 

monthly, $8.25; school, $5.50. 

A most unique station, built in the colonial style of architecture, 
adorns this point, which, with its desirable healthy location, occupies 
an enviable position in the list of Philadelphia's suburbs. The Holy 
Providence School, run under the auspices of the St. Elizabeth Convent, 
a short distance from the station, is a home for the shelter and education 
of colored children. 



EDDINGTON, Pa. 

Distance, 19.3 miles. 16 trains each way on week-days ; 9 on Sundays. 

Running time, 50 minutes. Fare 44 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 74 cents. Family 

tickets, $19.30 ; quarterly, $23.10 ; monthly, $8.55 ; school, $5.70. 

With rural scenery, excellent boating and fishing, and good water, 
Eddington has many qualifications entitling it to the consideration of the 
summer idler in quest of pleasure and change of air and surroundings. 
In the town proper there are over eight hundred people who have all 
necessary conveniences at hand. 

Dunk's Ferry Hotel. — Mr, George Bentcliff. One mile from 
station. Accommodates twelve guests. Open all the year. Rates, i6 
to $S per week. 



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BoAKDiNG-HousE.— Mrs. Parsons. One minute's walk from station. 
Accommodations for eight guests. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Mr. Crawford. Five minutes' walk. Accom- 
modations for five guests. Open all year. Rates, $4.50 to |6.oo. 



CROYDON, Pa. 

Distance, 20.7 miles. 19 trains each way on week-days ; 9 on Sundays. 

Running time, 53 minutes. Fare, 48 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 80 cents. Family 

tickets, $20.60; (luarterly, I24.30 ; monthly, $9 ; school, <;6. 

The broad, placid waters of the Neshaminy Creek flowing through 
this point, and little boat-houses dotting the shady banks, a resort 
of exceedingly advantageous appointments is offered. Croydon really 
presents many attractions of a high order for summer residence. 
Groves of trees surround the hotels, and these natural arbors running 
down to the cool, rippling waters materially enhance its desirability. A 
pretty rustic bridge spans the creek and affords driving communication 
with some fine roads in either direction. A fine picnic ground is nicely 
laid out on the shores of the Delaware, one mile away. The summer 
inns are of considerable size, and with every facility for promoting the 
comfort of their guests. 

The Bridgewater.— Mr. W. Harrie Vandegrift. Three-quarters 
of a mile from station. Accommodations for one hundred and twenty- 
five guests. Rates, |io to 124 per week. Opens June isth. 

Neshaminy Grove House.— Three minutes from station. Accom- 
modates one hundred and twenty-five guests. Open May until October. 



BRISTOL, Pa. 

Distance, 23.4 miles. 25 trains each way on week-days ; 13 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 34 minutes, accommodation 57 minutes. Fare, 57 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 80 cents. Family tickets, $23.40 ; quarterly, ^^26.35 ; 

monthly, $9.75 ; school, $6.50. 

Bristol is a most thriving town of eight thousand five hundred 
inhabitants, situated on the Delaware River opposite Burlington, with 
which it is connected by a steam ferry. Located on high ground. 



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within easy access to Philadelphia and other points, it possesses superior 
advantages in a marked degree, both as a manufacturing town and a 
permanent or summer abode. For its manufactures it has attained a 
reputation of no mean order. Besides its railroad and river transporta- 
tion it is also the terminus of the Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania 
Canal, which gives it additional prestige as a commercial point. Every 
facility of a large city is at the disposal of its residents. 

Closson House. — Mrs. James Dugan. Two squares from station. 
Accommodates fifty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $2 per day, 
$10 to I15 per week. 

Cottage Hotel. — Mrs. G. W. Silbert. Two squares from sta- 
tion. Accommodates twenty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $1.50 
per day, $g per week. 

Wheelen Memorial Home. — A home for working girls. Miss 
H. J. Wood. Eight squares from station. Accommodates forty guests. 
Open May to October. Rates, $3 to $4.50 per week. 



TULLYTOWN, Pa. 

Distance, 27.3 miles. 14 trains each way on week-days ; 5 on Sundays. 

. Running lime, express 48 minutes, accommodation i liour 5 minutes. Fare, 68 cents ; 

2-day excursion rate, $1. Family tickets, $27.30 ; quarterly, ^29. 60 ; 

monthly, I10.95 ; school, $7.30. 

Nicely located in the country, four miles beyond Bristol station, 
and with rapid transit to Philadelphia, this place should command no 
little attention as a summer resting-place. Five hundred inhabitants 
enjoy two churches, a public school, and several stores. A rich agricul- 
tural district extends in all directions. 

Maple Lawn Farm. — Mr. C. E. Hayes. Four miles from station. 
Accommodates forty guests. Open May to October. Rates, |6 to $S 
per week. 

Bade's Farm House. — Mr. George Bade. Three and one-half 
miles from station. Accommodates thirty guests. 

Railroad House.— Mr. Elwood P. White. Close by station. 
Accommodates twenty guests. Open May to October. Rate, $6 per 
week. 



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MORRISVILLE, Pa. 

Distance, 32.5 miles. 13 trains each way on week-days ; 5 on Sundays. 

Running time, express i hour, accommodation i hour 21 minutes. Fare, So cents ; 

6-day excursion rate, $1.25. Family tickets, $32.50 ; quarterly, $33.60 ; 

monthly, $12.45 : school, I8.30. 

Morrisville is situated on the western bank of the Delaware opposite 
Trenton. The old historic associations attaching to this outskirt of 
Trenton add some little glamour to an otherwise quiet, unpretentious 
locality of fifteen hundred souls. 

Penn Manor, once the home of \\'illiam Penn, is not far away, 
and Robert Morris, the financier of Revolutionary days, lived here. 
This latter mansion was afterwards the home of General Moreau, who, 
having quarreled with Napoleon, sought peace in America. 

Fine building sites in the neighborhood adapted for manufacturing 
industries invite the investment of capital. 

HoAGL.\ND Hotel. — Mr. S. K. Bothell. Three minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodates twelve guests. Open all year. Rates, I5 to 
|io per week. 

Union Hotel. — Mr John A. Hellings. Two minutes from station. 
Accommodates twenty guests. Open all the year. Rates, ;^7 to $10 
per week. 

Robert Morris Hotel. — Mr. S. H. Kimball. Two minutes' walk 
from station. Accommodates twenty- five guests. Open all year. Rates, 
I5 to |io per week. 

TRENTON, N. J. 

Distance, 33. S miles. 36 trains each way on week-days ; 21 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 47 minutes, accommodation i hour 20 minutes. Fare, So cents ; 

6-day excursion rate, $1.25. Family tickets, $33.80 ; quarterly, $34.85 ; 

monthly, $12.90 ; school, $S. 60. 

Trenton, the capital of the State of New Jersey, having every 
advantage and improvement of the large cities with which it is justly 
classed, has many attractive features outside of its importance as a town of 
great commercial and political influence. Over sixty thousand inhabitants 
claim Trenton as a place of residence, and. with the progressr\e spirit 
of its citizens, enjoy equally the accommodations of the big cities on 
either end of the division on which it is located. 



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The rural country beyond the boundaries of the town is up 
to the average, and some of the suburbs display wealth and taste in 
their construction. 

The hotels are commodious and excellent. 

Barlow's Hotel. — Mr. Wm. Barlow. Opposite station. Accom- 
modates one hundred and fifty. Rate, $2 per day. 

Hotel De Arlington. — Mr. A. Van Doren. One-half square. 
Accommodates fifty persons. Rate, $2 per day. 

Hotel Windsor. — Mr. W. W. Dilts. Ten minutes' walk. Ac- 
commodates two hundred guests. Rates, $2.50 to 53.50 per day, |i2 
to $18 per week. 

Trenton House. — Mr. P. Katzenbach. One-half mile from sta- 
tion. Accommodates two hundred guests. Rates, 1^2.50 to $3.50 per 
day, |i2 to |i8 per week. 

State Street House. — Messrs. Paul & Ale. One halt mile from 
station. Accommodates seventy-five guests. Rates, 12.50 per day, IS 
to 1 1 3 per week. 

American House. — Mr. Charles Kropp. One-half mile from sta- 
tion. Accommodates one hundred guests. Rates, $2.50 per day, or 
$10 to |2o per week. 

West End Hotel. — Mrs. W. Corslake. One and one-half miles. 



GERMANTO WN & CHESTNUT HILL BRANCH 



WESTMORELAND, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 6.2 miles. 29 trains each way on week-days ; 22 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 12 minutes, accommodation 15 minutes. Fare, 10 cents ; 2-Jay 

excursion rate, 15 cents. Package tickets, 12 for %\ ; quarterly, $12.55 ; 

monthly, S4.65 ; school, $3.10. 

After darting across the Schuylkill River Bridge, and thence run- 
ning off' the Main Line of the New York Division, the first station of 
a suburban nature on the Germantown & Chestnut Hill Branch is 
Westmoreland. It is a thickly-settled outskirt of the city proper with 



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the same conveniences, and yet far enough beyond the centre of the 
overcrowded metropoHs to lay some claim to the fascinations of the 
country. 

QUEEN LANE, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 7.6 miles. 29 trains each way on week-days; 22 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 15 minutes, accommodation 19 minutes. Fare, 15 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 25 cents. Package tickets, 8 for $1 ; quarterly. 

^14.15; monthly, 15,25; school, $3.50. 

The old, historic settlement of Germantown begins here. The 
place now has few remaining signs of what it once was. The quaint, 
old-fashioned landmarks have given way to modern, pretentious homes. 
Of these there is a numberless quantity, each vieing with the other 
in style of architecture and beauty of surroundings. The German- 
town Cricket Club holds forth here on the celebrated Manheim field, 
one of the finest pieces of turf in the country. 



GERMANTOWN (CHELTEN AVE.), Philadelphia. 

Distance, 8.2 miles. 29 trains each way on week-days; 22 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 17 minutes, accommodation 22 minutes. Fare, 15 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 25 cents. Package tickets, 8 for $1 ; quarterly, I14.15; 

monthly, I5.25 ; school, $3.50. 

This is the main station of Germantown, and nearest the most 
populous portion. The interesting history, unequaled location, hand- 
some homes, both large and small, excellent roadways, and manifold 
advantages and conveniences of the place are too well known to need 
a detailed description. The merest casual mention of some of the 
many attractions will suffice. 

Germantown is assuredly the most popular section on the borders 
of Philadelphia. Democratic and exclusive life is enjoyed in its re- 
spective ways, and, with the unsurpassed charms and accessibility of the 
place combined, a thoroughly reliable and desirable quarter is presented. 

Appended will be found a few summer stopping-places. 

The Linden.— J. Howard Seal. Accommodations for sixty guests. 
Twelve minutes' walk from station. Rates, I9 to $15 per week. 



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Boarding-Housh:. — 144 West Coulter Street. Mr. Charles Jones. 
Four squares from station. Accommodations for fifty guests. Open 
all year. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. John T. Ross. Half a mile from station. 
Accommodations for twenty guests. Open all year. 

The Grevstone. — Mrs. Uler. Eight minutes from station. Ac- 
commodations for fifty guests. 

TULPOHOCKEN, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 8.6 miles. 29 trains each way on week-days ; 22 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 19 minutes, accommodation 23 minutes. Fare, 15 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 25 cents. Package tickets, 8 for $1 ; quarterly, $14.15 ; 

monthly, $5.25 ; school $3.50. 

At Tulpohocken, with its odd Indian name, the country dons a 
garb of a highly picturesque and rustic mien. Though the environ- 
ing landscape is highly cultivated, it is naturally punctuated here and 
there with pretty wooded bowers and mossy dells. Above, on the 
higher ground, are beautiful homes, extensive lawns, and wide avenues. 

Partaking of the same advantages as the more central parts of 
Germantown, the immediate vicinity has the added charm of a more 
open country. 

Boar ding-House. — Miss H. B. Glentworth. Three squares from 
station. Accommodations for twenty-five guests. Rates, $6 to ^12 per 
week. Open all year. 

UPSAL, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 9.2 miles. 29 trains each way on week-days ; 22 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 21 minutes, accommodation 25 minutes. Fare, 18 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 30 cents. Package tickets, 7 for $1 ; quarterly, I14.15 ; 

monthly, $5.25; school, $3.50. 

Few suburban points have so rapidly sprung into favor as Upsal, 
and, encouraged by this genuine appreciation, a still greater popularity 
is about to be bestowed. Improvements of various kinds have been 
made lately, and a plan similar to that now being pushed to comple- 
tion at Overbrook is about to be introduced between here and Car- 
penter, half a mile beyond. Co-operative methods and conveniences 
will be participated in by a collection or group of houses independently 
fitted with all modern inventions. 



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CARPENTER, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 9.8 miles. 29 trains each way on week-days ; 22 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 23 minutes, accommodation 27 miimtes. Fare, 20 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 30 cents. Package tickets, 7 for $1 ; quarterly 

tickets, $15.40; monthly, $5.70; school, $3.80. 

Like all the points on this pet division of the railroad is Carpenter, 
sharing as it does the same stretch of coinitry, and maintaining the 
general tone of the adjacent territory. It will divide honors with Upsal 
in the distinction of creating an innovation in the art of perfecting home- 
life, or, at any rate, decreasing the labors attending the running of 
individual establishments. 



ALLEN LANE, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 10.3 miles. 29 trains each way on week-days; 22 on Sundays. 
Running time, express 25 minutes, accommodation 29 minutes. Fare, 20 cents; 2-day 
excursion rate, 35 cents. Package tickets, 6 for $1 ; quarterly 
tickets, $15.80; monthly, $5.85; school, $3.90. 

Allen Lane is deservedly a favorite home and summer residence 
place. With its admirable location in the midst of the cream of 
suburban property, and its conveniences and accessibility as factors, 
its advance has been sure and steady. A greater prominence is 
predicted and with every reason for a realization. 

The Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb elected this 
point for the site of their new building, which is of mammoth proportions 
and grand design. 

Mt. Airy House. — IMiss A. Errickson. Ten minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodations for seventy guests. Rates, $10, |i8, and |;2o 
per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. H, F. Rodd. Ten minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodations for sixteen guests. Open all the year. Rates, 
$S to lio per week. 

Mansion.— Mrs. Lydia M. Collins. Ten minutes' walk from station. 
Accommodations for four guests. Rates, $j to |io per week. Open all 
the year. 



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WISSAHICKON HEIGHTS, Philadelphia. 

Distance, ii miles. 27 trains each way on week-days; 20 on Sundays. 
Running time, express 28 minutes, accommodation 32 minutes. Fare, 25 cents ; 2-day 
excursion rate, 40 cents. Package tickets, 5 for $1 ; quarterly 
tickets, $16.20; monthly, |6 ; school, §4. 

The romantic creek, whose Indian name is here perpetuated, and 
from which this spot takes its name, is but one of the many attractive 
features. Beautiful scenic country surrounds the locality, through which 
a bridle path forces its way, famous for its picturesque winding trail. 
St. Martins in the Field, a church of quaint and exquisite fashioning, is 
close by ; and the Horse Show grounds, where the great annual exhibit 
is held, are within a few steps of the station. 

The Wissahickon Inn, with its delightful situation, takes a conspicuous 
part in popularizing the pretty place. Every convenience and luxury 
is provided its guests. Summer diversions of one kind or another 
are daily programmed at this favorite summer hotel, and appreciated 
by many from near and far. 

Wissahickon Inn.— Peter S. Attick. Five minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodations for three hundred guests. Open all the year. 

Chestnut Hill Hotel.— John Landis. Ten minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodations for twenty-five guests. 

HIGHLAND, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 11.6 miles. 27 trains each way on week-days; 20 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 30 minutes, accommodation 33 minutes. Fare, 25 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 40 cents. Package tickets, 5 for ?i ; quarterly 

tickets, I17.05 ; monthly, $6.30 ; school, $4-20. 

Highland is the lower station of Chestnut Hill, and adds consider- 
ably to the good name of the latter place. Its houses are artistic in 
finish, and its roads the equal of any. It is a quiet, refined neighborhood. 

CHESTiNUT HILL, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 12.0 miles. 27 trains each way on week-days ; 20 on Sundays. 
Running time, express 32 minutes, accommodation 35 minutes. Fare, 25 cents ; 2-day 
excursion rate, 40 cents. Package tickets, 5 for $1 ; quarterly 
tickets, $17.05; monthly, $6.30; school, $4.20. 

This is the terminus of the Germantown & Chestnut Hill Branch, 
and at the same time the culmination of this elevated section. From 



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the commanding ground at Chestnut Hill a rare panoramic treat is 
given in the magnificent "White Marsh Valley," — a dale of considerable 
size and effective coloring. 

Within half an hour's ride of the busy, feverish city is this fine 
suburb of four thousand people, enjoying wide avenues, great trees, 
and spacious houses, some modeled after the old type, and contrasting 
markedly with those of modern architecture, all combining to place 
Chestnut Hill in exceptionally favorable esteem. As a summer retreat 
or permanent home it stands unrivaled. 

The Eldon.^ — Mr. George Simpson. Ten minutes' walk. Accom- 
modations for one hundred and twenty-five guests. Open all the year. 
Rates, $12 to $25 per week. 

Maple Lawn.— Mrs. M, E. Locke. Three minutes from station. 
Accommodations for forty guests. Open May to November. Rates, 120 
to $2,0 per week. 



CRESHEIM BRANCH. 



Verging from the Germantown & Chestnut Hill Branch at Allen 
Lane, the road enters the Cresheim Valley, and penetrates a section 
of country rich in historical interest, and one which nature has done 
much towards making a delightful place of abode. The face of the 
ground is of a rolling character, affording a pleasant diversity to the 
landscape which is dotted here and there by handsome residences. 
Stretches of green meadows are relieved by well-tilled fields and 
wooded ridges ; the deep-green foliage of the trees contrasting with 
the lighter tints of the soil and forming pictures that charm the eye and 
refresh the senses. The natural beauties and attractions, combined 
with its healthfulness and entire freedom from malarious influences, 
are bound to attract numbers to this region, so that within a short 
time it will rival in popularity many of the suburban towns already 
established and held in high esteem. 

Six miles from Allen Lane this spur ends abruptly at the tracks 
of the Trenton Cut-of^^. 



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FORT HILL. 

This village retains the name given by Washington to the fortification, 
— traces of which still remain, — erected here during the Revolutionary 
War, and is the site of Howe's threatened attack, on December 6th, 1777, 
while the American army was retreating towards Valley Forge. A 
tablet commemorating the event has been erected by the Pennsylvania 
Society of the Sons of the Revolution. 

Fort-side Inn. — Mr. S. T. Godfrey. One-quarter mile from station. 
Accommodates forty guests. Open all the year. Rate, |i6 per week. 

Fort Washington Hotel. — Mr. W. S. Harris. One mile from 
station. Accommodates fifty guests. Open all the year. Rates, I7 to 
|io per week. 

Clifton House. — Three-quarters of a mile from station. Accom- 
modates sixty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $7 to $12 per week. 



Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore 
Railroad. 

MARYLAND DIVISION. 



GRAY'S FERRY, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 3.1 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days; 11 on Snndays. 

Ruiniinjj time, 9 minutes. Fare, 10 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 15 cents. Package 

tickets (in strips of 14), $1. 

Apart from the manufacturing interests of Gray's Ferry there is 
little of an interesting nature. Countless rows of neat two-story houses 
are erected on the west bank of the river, and in their numbers attest 
the thrift of Philadelphia's citizens. 

FIFTY EIGHTH STREET, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 3.9 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days; 11 on Sundays. 

Running time, 11 minutes. Fare, 12 cents; 2-day excursion rate, 20 cents. Family 

tickets, 54.50; quarterly, $10.55; monthly, $3.90; school, S2.60. 

Bartram's Gardens, universally celebrated for their botanical won- 
ders, are located within a short distance of the station, and in their 
beauty and historical associations present a sight well worth seeing. 
The country here is open and undeveloped to any great extent as yet, 
but offers in its naturalness eligible and attractive ground for either 
permanent or summer residence. 

MT. MORIAH, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 4.4 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days ; 11 on Sundays. 

Running time, 12 minutes. Fare, 13 cents; 2-day excursion rate, 20 cents. Family 

tickets, 54.90; quarterly, $10.95; monthly, $4.05; school, I2.70. 

This is the station for Mount Moriah Cemetery which, in its sad 
quietness, strangely contrasts with the busy car shops of a noted con- 
cern situated at this point. This latter establishment enlivens an other- 
wise unpretentious little settlement. 

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BONNAFFON, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 4.9 miles. 17 trains eaeh way on week-days; 11 on Sundays. 

Uunnint; time, 14 minutes. Fare, 15 cents; 2-day excursion rate, 25 cents. Family 

tickets, 5540; quarterly, $11.35; monthly, I4.20; school, $2. So. 

Willi the stations on either side, Bonnaffon forms a picturesque 
gap in the thickly-settled quarter extending down this division of the 
road. A couple of churches and a school are among the advantages 
to be enjoyed at this healthful rural retreat, which is high in altitude 
and free from malaria. 



PASCHALL, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 5.4 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days; 11 on Sundays. 

Running time, 16 minutes. Fare, 17 cents; 2-day excursion rate, 25 cents. Family 

tickets, |6 ; quarterly, 111.75; monthly, I4.35 ; school, I2.90. 

Paschall, or Paschallville, as the village proper is named, is quite a 
built-up section. Hundreds of snug homes and an occasional large 
residence are to be found in and around the place. St. Vincent's 
Home and Maternity Hospital, the largest institution of its kind in the 
State, is nearby and provides shelter for many unfortunates. 

Clear View Mansion. — Miss Thomas. Three minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodations for eighty guests. Open all year. Rates, 
17 to |;i5 per week. 

Blue Bell. — Mr. A. J. Russell. Three squares from station. Ac- 
commodations for forty persons. Open all the year. Rates, $5 to $7 
per week. 

DARBY, Pa. 

Distance, 6.1 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days; 11 on Sundays. 

Running time, iS minutes. Fare, iS cents; 2-day excursion rate, 25 cents. Family 

tickets, $6.60; quarterly, $12.20; monthly, $4.50; school, $3. 

Darby proper, a little way from the station, is quaint and old-fashioned, 
and proud of its comparative antiquity, Swedes having settled the 
place prior to William Penn's arrival. The old landmarks have grad- 
ually disappeared and given way to modern residences, which present 
a most comfortable appearance. Darby Creek, flowing down to the 
Delaware, affords good boating and fishing. There are several good 



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country stores and churches in the town. Population numbers now about 
eighteen hundred. The inn, just across the traclcs at this point, has 
recently been remodeled and enlarged. 

Thatcher's Inn and Fruit Farm. — Mr. Henry Thatcher. Two 
minutes from station. Accommodations for two hundred persons. Rates, 
$S to |i5 per week. Open all year. 



SHAROiN HILL, Pa. 

Distance, 7.2 miles. 18 trains each way on week-days; 11 on Sundays. 

RnnniiiK time, express 16 minutes, accommodation 20 minutes. Fare, 22 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 30 cents. Family tickets, I7.70 ; quarterly, S12.95 ; 

monthly, $4.80; school, $3.20. 

Sharon Hill, to those who pass the summer in country homes and 
who permanently reside beyond the city's limits, has always stood in 
high favor. 

The desirability of the place increases yearly. Handsome villas, 
rural scenery, and good water form appreciable recommendations of 
its worth. The Delaware River is but three miles distant, and the 
drives are kept in excellent condition. 

The Cedars. — Mrs. Kate Deminger. Ten minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodations for thirty persons. Open all year. Rates, 
$6 to |io per w^eek. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. E. p. Feltwell. One-quarter of a mile 
from station. Accommodations for eighteen persons. Open all year. 
Rates, |;6 to |io per week. 



FOLCROFT, Pa. 

Distance, 7.8 miles. 13 trains each way on week-days; 11 on Sundays. 

Ruiming time, 22 minutes. Fare, 23 cents; 2-day excursion rate, 30 cents. Family 

tickets, I8.30; quarterly, $13.80; monthly, $5.10; school, $340. 

Folcroft is as yet a comparatively new station, and on this very 
account is popular with a great many people. Its rapid growth and admir- 
able situation promise to work wonders for it as a place of abode for 
those seeking country air, pure water, and freedom from the restraints 
of city life. 



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GLENOLDEN, Pa. 

Distaiuc, S.4 miles. iS trains each way on week-days; 12 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 15 minutes, accommodation 23 minutes. Fare, 25 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 35 cents. Family tickets, ^8.90; tjuarterly, 514.15; 

monthly, I5.24 ; school, $3.50. 

Glenolden, as its name almost implies, is rather a picttiresque 
suburb, and seems to be gaining favor in a somewhat lesser though 
substantial degree as its neighbors on the south. The village has 
perhaps three hundred people in it, and supports a couple of schools, 
a church, and several stores. 



NORWOOD, Pa. 

Distance, 9.1 miles. 19 trains each way on week-days; 12 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 15 minutes, accommodation 25 minutes. Fare, 27 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 35 cents. Family tickets, I9.60 ; quarterly, $14.60 ; 

monthly, $5.40; school, $3.60. 

Norwood and Moore on the south side are now two of the most 
popular points on this division of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Balti- 
more Railroad. They are immediately contiguous and rival each other 
in their enterprise and attractiveness. Norwood offers special induce- 
ments to those in search of healthful country homes. Owners of 
property have rapidly prosecuted the work of grading, opening avenues, 
marking out lots and building thereon cozy cottages and houses of larger 
size, and now a most desirable and varied selection is offered. 

MOORE, Pa. 

Distance, 9.5 miles. 20 trains each way on week-days; 13 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 17 minutes, accommodation 27 minutes. Fare, 29 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 40 cents. Family tickets, <io ; (juarterly, $15 ; 

monthly, $5.55 ; school, 5370. 

Considerable attention has been centred on Moore, with the result 
that it has been brought conspicuously forward, and in a remarkably short 
space of time has become a most populous and prosperous district. It is 
now thickly settled and enterprising, and with all the conveniences that 
could be desired bids fair to outstrip many older communities. It is well 
laid out on a regulation city plan, and its streets are lined with neat cot- 
tages, either owned by their occupants or rented at moderate figures. 
Darby Creek, which parallels this suburban stretch of country, adds to 
he summer features. 



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RIDLEY PARK, Pa. 

Distance, 10.4 miles. 21 trains each waj- on week-days; 13 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 19 minutes, accommodation 29 minutes. Pare, 31 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 45 cents. Family tickets, $10.90; quarterly, $15.80; 

monthly, $5.85 ; school, I3.90. 

The large number of elegant dwellings, of a high order of design and 
finish, and a profusion of adornment in the surrounding gardens and 
lawns, eloquently attest the taste of its people, and greatly accounts for 
the wide popularity which Ridley Park enjoys. Possessing as it does 
every requirement in the shape of beautiful country, rapid and frequent 
train service, and the best of other facilities obtainable, this handsome 
suburb stands in a highly enviable and well-established position. It 
is a charming place, and well qualified to claim the attention of either 
temporary or permanent sojourners. 

Ridley Park Hotel.— Mr. S. H. Lewis. Three minutes from 
station. Accommodations for one hundred and twenty-five guests. 
Rates, lio to I15 per week. 

Coleman House. — Mrs. A. C. Wise. Two minutes from station. 
Accommodations for twenty-five guests. 

Chestnut Grove Lodge.— M. F. Hazleton. Four minutes from 
station. Accommodations for twenty-five guests. Rates, $7 to |;i2 per 
week. 

Graves' Mansion. — Mrs. Graves. Three minutes from station. 
Accommodations for fifteen guests. Rates, $10 to $12 per week. 

The Edelweiss.— Miss A. M. Garrett. Five minutes from sta- 
tion. Accommodations for twenty-five guests. Rates, |8 to $10 per 
week. 

Rose Cottage.— Mrs. E. Koernke Three squares from station. 
Accommodations for ten guests. Rates, $6 to $S per week. 



CRUM LYNNE, Pa. 

Distance, 11.2 miles. iS trains each way on week-days; 11 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 24 minutes, accommodation 30 minutes. Fare, 34 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 45 cents. Family tickets, I11.70; quarterly, 

516.20; monthly, |6; school, $4. 

Crum Lynne is nicely situated in a picturesque part of the country, 
and has many natural and cultivated advantages which maintain for it 



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a high place in the hirge selection of summer stopping-places. The 
little village of Leiperville, three-quarters of a mile away, helps to 
populate the locality. 

WoRRALL House. — Mr. M. W. Lukens. Accommodates fifteen 
guests. Open June ist to September 30th. Rates, $6 and $7 per week. 

Farm House. — Mrs. W. P. Lukens. One mile from station. 
Accommodates thirty-five guests. Rate, $7 per week. Open all year. 

Fairview Inn. — W. D. Armstrong. Six minutes' walk from station. 
Accommodates one hundred and fifty persons. Rates, $10 per week 
and upwards. Open May 15th to October. 

EDDYSTONE, Pa. 

Distance, 12.3 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days; 11 on Sundays. 

Running time, 32 minutes. Fare, 37 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 50 cents. Family 

tickets, $12.80; quarterly, $17.40 ; monthly, $6.45 ; school, $4.30. 

While Eddystone's chief purpose is in being the site of the largest 
"print" works in the country, there are numerous excellent spots for 
the erection of suburban residences. A very pretty grove of twenty 
acres has been laid out nearby and artistically arranged as a park. 

CHESTER, Pa. 

Distance, 13.5 miles. 28 trains each way on week-days; 18 on Sundays. 

Runnitig time, express 22 minutes, accommodation 37 minutes. Fare, 40 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 55 cents. Family tickets, $14; quarterly, 

$18.25; monthly, $6.75; school, $4.50. 

Chester, with its world-wide famous ship-yards and other important 
industries and manufactories, is to be classified as a point of no mean 
commercial consequence. It is the seat of a celebrated military school, 
and, in short, a bustling little city of twenty-eight thousand people, 
who are proud of the fact that their town is the oldest in the State 
of Pennsylvania. 

Hotel CambridCtE. — Mr. Henry Fisher. One square from station. 
Capacity, one hundred. Rates, I2.50 to I3. 50 per day. 

Hotel Colonnade. — Mr. T. S. Williamson. Three squares from 
station. Accommodates seventy persons. Rate, $2 per day. 

Washington House. — Henry Abbott. Accommodations for seven- 
ty-five persons. Square from station. Rates, 12 per day, $7 per week. 



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American House. — Mr. Sanuiel Powell. Opposite station. Ac- 
commodations for twenty persons. Rate, $2 per day. 

Beale House — Mr. W. H. Williams. Near station. Accommo- 
dations for forty persons. Rates, 1 1.50 to $2 per day. 

Metropolitan Hotel. — Mr, Thos. Hargraves, Three squares 
from station. Accommodations for sixty persons. Ten dollars per week. 

City Hotel. — Mr. Thos. Carr. Three squares. Capacity, sixty. 
Rate, 17 per week. 

Edgmont Hotel. Mr. John Evans. Six squares from station. 
Accommodations for fifty. Rate, $7 per week. 

Lafayette Hotel. — Mr. Wm. May. Three squares from station. 
Accommodations for thirty persons. Rate, |i2 per week. 



LAMOKIN, Pa. 

Distance, 14.4 miles. 19 trains each way on week-days; 11 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 27 minutes, accommodation 38 minutes. Fare, 45 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 60 cents. Family tickets, 5i4-90 ; quarterly, 

$19.05 ; monthly, $7.05 ; school, $4.70. 

Lamokin acts as a terminus for trains that run for the especial 
convenience of local travel between Chester and Philadelphia. It is the 
junction point of the Maryland and Chester Creek Branch of the Central 
Division of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, and 
is within the corporate limits of the former city. 



THURLOW, Pa. 

Distance, 15.5 miles. 14 trains each way on week-days; 11 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 29 minutes, accommodation 40 minutes. Fare, 45 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 65 cents. Family tickets, $16; quarterly, 

$19.85 ; monthly, $7.35 ; school, $4-9o. 

In the borough of South Chester is Thurlow, a busy litde place, 
depending mostly on its manufacturing as a means of attracting the 
notice of the outside world. 

Park Hotel.— Mr. Jesse Rawclifte. Two squares from station. 
Capacity, fifty. Rates, I1.50 and |2.oo per day. 



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TRAINER, Pa. 

Distance, 16.3 miles. 11 trains each way on week-days; 8 on Sundays. 

Running time, 42 minutes. Fare, 47 cents; 2-day excursion rate, 65 cents. Family 

tickets, |i6. 80; quarterly, <20. 65 ; monthly, $7.65 ; school, 55. 10. 

This is a quiet liltle settlement, with scarcely anything of a nature 
calculated to disturb the monotony of its existence, save some litde 
manufacturing, which supports a good part of the population. Frame 
cottages seem to be the fashion of the place, and may be had at ex- 
tremely moderate rents. 

LINWOOD, Pa. 

Distance, 17. i miles. 14 trains each way on week-days; 11 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 33 minutes, accommodation 44 minutes. F"are, 50 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 70 cents. Family tickets, $17.60 ; quarterly, 

:^2i.05 ; monthly, 57. So ; school, $5.20. 

Linwood, with a population of a thousand, is in Marcus Hook 
borough, and offers every inducement as a place for a quiet summer 
outing, as well as for a retired all-the-year-round abode. The Delaware 
River is but little over half a mile off, beyond a slight rise in the 
ground, and in its proximity enhances the attractiveness of an even 
otherwise desirable and healthy region. 

Farm House. — Mrs. Rachel White. Five minutes' walk. Accom- 
modates thirty persons. Rate, $S per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Miss S. M. Delleker. Seven minutes from 
station. Accommodates two families. Rate, $S per week during summer. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. S. J. Giles. Two squares from station. 
Accommodations for five persons. Rate, $6 per week. Open all year. 

CLAYMONT, Del. 

Distance, 1S.9 miles. 14 trains each way on week-days; 10 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 33 minutes, accommodation 48 minutes. Fare, 55 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 75 cents. Family tickets, 1^19.40 ; quarterly, 

^22.70; monthly, §8.40; school, $5.60. 

A verdant and breezy spot is Claymont, which lies just within the 
State line of Delaware. The ever-restless stream, glimmering in the 
distance, and the green hills above, combine to give it a most pictur- 
esque appearance. 



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GRUBBS LANDING, Del. 

Distance, 20.3 miles. 10 trains each way on week-days ; 8 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 47 minutes, accommodation 53 minutes. Fare, 59 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 80 cents. Family tickets, 520.S0; quarterly, 

$23.90; monthly, $8.85; school, $5.90. 

The mile-wide bos Dm of the Delaware spreads itself out in full 
view at this point, embellished on its western shore with tastefully 
erected club-houses. The hotel here is full of old associations, being 
used in bygone years as a stage-horse change and stopping-point for 
travelers on that superannuated medium of transportation. 

The Practical Farmer. — Mr. J. J. Kennedy. Opposite station. 
Accommodations for twenty guests. 

HOLLY OAK, Del. 

Distance, 21.4 miles. 12 trains each way on week-days; 9 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 49 minutes, accommodation 54 minutes. Fare, 62 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 85 cents. Family tickets, $21.90; quarterly, 

$24.30; monthly, $9.15; school, $6. 

Like the precedmg station, the most interesting feature of this 
place is the number of boat-houses on the banks of the river. The 
tracks of the railroad closely parallel the great waterway for quite a 
distance along this section, and being almost on a level with the 
surface, with nothing to obstruct the range of sight, a most efTective 
view is presented as the train whirls along, passing in its rapid flight 
contrastingly slow-moving vessels bound, perchance, on a ten thousand 
mile journey across the seas. 

BELLEVUE, Del. 

Distance, 22.2 miles. 11 trains each way on week-days; 8 on Sundays. 

Running time, about 59 minutes. Fare, 65 cents; 2-day excursion rate, 90 cents. Family 

tickets. $22.70; quarterly, $24.30 ; monthly, $9.45 ; school, $6. 

The mast striking thing at Bellevue is the omnipresent quietness 
which itself is often sought in connection with an available region for 
locating during a part of the year. It is here with all its attending 
restfulness, and within easy access to Wilmington and Philadelphia. 

There are manifestly good reasons for predicting a less quiet but 
brighter future for this retired suburb of Delaware's principal city. 



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GORDON HEIGHTS, Del. 

Distance, 23.4 miles. 7 trains each way on week-days ; 6 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 37 minutes, accommodation i hour. Fare, 68 cents ; 2-day excursion 

rate, 95 cents. Family tickets, $23.90 ; quarterly, $24.30 ; 

monthly, $9.75 ; school, |6. 

To those who would live by the water's edge, Gordon Heights, or 
Riverside as it was formerly named, offers many inducements. It gives 
promise of becoming quite a summer-excursion place of amusement. 



EDGE MOOR, Del. 

Distance, 24 miles. 13 trains each way on week-days ; 10 on Sundays. 

Running time, e.xpress 38 minutes, accommodation i hour and 2 minutes. Fare, 70 cents ; 

2-day excursion rate, Si. Family tickets, $24.50; quarterly, 

$24.30; montiily, $9.90 ; school, $6. 

A number of Wilmingtonians have adopted Edge Moor as their 
home, and this fact, coupled with the more important and prosaic 
factor of its being the home of an immense iron manufacturing concern, 
bespeaks a lasting name for what is a very desirable neighborhood. 



WILMINGTON, Del. 

Distance, 26.8 miles. 35 trains each way on week-days; 22 on Sundays. 

Ruiming time, express 40 minutes, accommodation i hour 8 minutes. Fare, 75 cents ; 

2-day excursion rate, $1.10. Family tickets, $27.30; quarterly, 

$24.30; monthly, $10; school, $6. 

Wilmington, with its seventy odd thousand inhabitants, is indisput- 
ably a most flourishing and active city. From an industrial point of 
view, it is entitled to rank with the foremost commercial centres in the 
country. It is situated between the Christiana and Brandywine Creeks, 
with the Delaware River bordering its eastern outskirts. The principal 
avenue for business is of the same name as Philadelphia's-Market 
Street, which thoroughfare extends through the town for two miles. 

The shops of a noted company, famous for the luxurious appoint- 
ments of its cars, great shipbuilding, wheel-making, car-building, leather- 
working, morocco-making, powder works, and flour-milling establish- 
ments, combine in their aggregate or individual importance to carry 
the name and fame of Wilmington to other lands than ours. 



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The residential portion in the upper part of the city vies in its 
construction with that of any large metropolis, and the facilities and 
advantages enjoyed by the citizens and visitors are of the very latest 
improvement which man has devised. 

The hotels are numerous and good. 

Grand Union.— Henry Blouth. Opposite station. Accommoda- 
tions for fifty guests. Rate, $2 per day. 

Merritt House.— T. B. Merritt. Opposite station. Accommoda- 
tions for one hundred guests. Rate, $2 per day. 

New^ Clayton House.— J as. L. Willis. Seven blocks from station. 
Accommodations for three hundred and fifty guests. Rate, $2. 

Hotel Jpinnings.— Clarkson Jennings. Ten blocks from station. 
Accommodations for eighty guests. Rate, $2. 

Central Hotel.— Geo. W. Ortlip. Six squares from station. 
Accommodations for seventy-five persons. Rate, $2 per day. 

Delaware House.— Wm. Legg. Five squares from station. Ac- 
conmiodations for thirty guests. Rate, $1.50 per day. 

The Gables.— Mrs. J. E. Orchard. Ten squares from station. 
Accommodations for thirty-five guests. Rates, |8 to $13 per week. 



Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltlmore 
Railroad. 



CENTRAL DIVISION. 



FORTY-NINTH STREET, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 3.3 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days ; 10 on Sundays. 

Running time, 10 minutes. Fare, 10 cents ; package tickets (14 in a strip) issued 

at a rate of Si ; 2-day excursion rate, 15 cents. 

Truly a most handsome and conspicuous section of Philadelphia 
is this, with its rows and rows of beautiful homes of more or less 
uniformity abounding on all sides, occasionally reHeved by a new and 
pretentious house. It is unquestionably a choice and picturesque 
quarter of the city. No manufacturing industries of any kind are within 
its confines or neighborhood, and the accessibility to the heart of the 
city, either by street cars or the faster and more comfortable medium 
of steam cars, tends in a great degree to further popularize an already 
highly appreciated station. 

The magnificent grounds of the Belmont Cricket Club lie just 
beyond the tracks, and wonderfully enhance the general attractiveness. 

angora, Philadelphia. 

Distance, 4.6 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days; 10 on Sundays. 
Running time, 14 minutes. Fare, 14 cents; 2-day excursion rate, 20 cen*s. Family 
• tickets, $5.10 ; quarterly, <;io. 95 ; monthly, $4.05 ; school, J2. 70. 

Angora is pretty and open, and contains numerous first-class 
residences and building sites. This division of the Philadelphia, 
Wilmmgton & Baltimore Railroad is peculiarly wild and romantic in 
appearance ; the untamed nature intensifying at each succeeding station. 
Although scarcely a stone's-throw from a most populous region, this 
picturesque aspect becomes noticeable here. 

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FERNWOOD, Pa. 

Distance, 3.5 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days ; 10 on Sundays. 

Runniiit^ time, 17 mitiutes. Fare, 17 cents; 2 day excursion rate, 25 cents. Family 

tickets, ^6.10; quarterly, $11.75; nionthly, J4.35; school, $2.90. 

The very convenient distance from the city, and the charm of being 
safely beyond the hot breath of activity, have gone far in building up 
what is now quite a large and annually increasing settlement. The 
resident population of a thousand enjoy several churches and schools 
of their own. 

Wild Orchard Mansion. — Mr. Wagner. Twelve minutes' walk 
from station. Accommodations for forty guests. Rates, $10 to $12 
per week. Open May to November. 

Farm House. — Mr. Caleb Bonsall. Five minutes from station. 
Accommodations for eight people. Rates, Is to $6 per week. 



T//E PHILADELPHIA & DELA WARE CO UNTY R. R. 



The Philadelphia & Delaware County Railroad, extending fiom 
Fernwood to Newtown Square, a distance of nine and a half miles, 
has been constructed during the past winter and spring, and will be 
opened to travel and traffic about July ist. The road will penetrate 
the most fertile portion of Delaware County, and open up to suburban 
settlement a most picturesque and healthful section. There are few 
portions of the country surrounding Philadelphia where so much of quiet 
beauty and scenery, unmarred by the touch of man, can be found. 

LANSDOWNE, Pa. 

Distance, 6.4 miles. 19 trains each way on week-days ; 10 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 13 minutes, accommodation 20 minutes. Fare, 20 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 25 cents. Family tickets, $7; quarterly, <i2.6o; 

monthly, I4.65 ; school, $3.10. 

Lansdowne has the reputation, and deservedly too, of being one 
of the finest and most desirable points on this division, and, in fact, 
on any division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It is a well-established 
and popular suburb, with many attractions and conveniences. Rich 
in rural scenery, and situated almost within a quarter of an hour's 
ride of Broad Street Station, it certainly has highly substantial rec- 
ommendations in its favor. 



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Lansdowne Villa. —Mrs. A. INI. Baker. Opposite station. Accom- 
modations for forty guests. Rates, $\o to $12 per week. 

Lansdowne Mansion. — Mrs. A. L. Powell. Five minutes from 
station. Accommodations for thirty people. Open all year. 

Evergreen Lodge. — Miss E. E. Taylor. Four minutes from 
station. Accommodations for fifty people. Open all year. 

Mansion.— Mrs. ]. M. Macaully. Quarter mile. Open all year. 



BURMONT, Pa. 

Distance, 7.0 miles. 17 trains each wa\- on week-days ; 10 on Sundays. 

Running time, 22 minutes. Fare, 21 cents; 2-day excursion rate, 30 cents. Family 

tickets, $7.60: quarterly, $12.95; monthly, $4.80; school, $3.20. 

Burmont is a place that has grown considerably during the last 
few years, and indications point to a still greater increase in its 
population, which is now about six or seven hundred. 

A distinguished appearance is given the place by its being the site 
of some exceedingly large and pretentious country-seats. 

CLIFTON, Pa. 

Distance, 7.6 miles. 19 trains each way on week-days ; 10 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 15 minutes, accommodation 24 minutes. Fare, 23 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 30 cents. Family tickets, S8.20; quarterly, I13.40 ; 

monthly, I4.95; school, $3.30. 

This is a well-built, thickly-settled, and prosperous station of some 
twenty-five hundred souls, occupying houses of all sizes and styles of 
ornamentation. The popularity of Clifton is due undoubtedly to its 
advantageous location and the facilities to be enjoyed. Between here 
and Burmont is a deep ravine, whose sloping, wooded sides form a 
pleasing though wild looking scene. 

Clifton Hotel.— Mr. Jacob Young. Accommodations for twenty 
persons. Rate, $7 per week. Open all year. 

Terrace Hall.— Mr. Isaac Lobb. Three hundred yards from 
station. Accommodations for twenty-five parsons. Open May to 
October. Rates, $6 to I9 per week. 

Boarding-House.— Mrs. J. M. Whiteman. Five minutes from 
stadon. Accommodations for thirty persons. Rates, $6 to $g per week. 



PRLMOS, Pa. 

Distance, S.2 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days ; 10 on Snndays. 

Running time, 26 minutes. Fare, 25 cents; 2-day excursion rate, 35 cents. Family 

tickets, |8.8o ; quarterly, I14.15; monthly, $5.25; school, ?3.50. 

This immediate section is as yet but sparsely settled. The country 
is open, and available in many ways for the building of homes. 



SECANE, Pa. 

Distance, 8.9 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days ; 10 on Sundays. 

Running time, 29 minutes. Fare, 27 cents; 2-day excursion rate, 35 cents. Family 

tickets, $9.50 ; quarterly, $14.60 ; monthly, $5.40 ; school, $3.60. 

Secane's popularity is accounted for in the picturesque woodland 
environing the place. This attractive, natural qualification is supple- 
mented in summer by carefully-trimmed trees and shrubbery, and well- 
attended roadways, and again by the comfort and entertainment pro- 
vided by the summer inns. 

Highland Inn. — Mr. Lynn Hahn. Half-mile from station. Opens 
May ist. Accommodations for one hundred and fifty. Rates, $g to |;r5 
per week. 

WiLLOWBROOK HousE. — Mrs. S. S. Harned. One-quarter of a 
mile from station. Accommodations for sixty people. Opens May ist. 
Rates, $6 to $15 per week. 



MORTON, Pa. 

Distance, 10 miles. 20 trains each way on week-days ; 10 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 21 minutes, accommodation 32 minutes. Fare, 30 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 40 cents. Family tickets, |io.6o ; quarterly, 

$15.45; monthly, $5.70; school, $3.80. 

With Morton on the north and Rutledge on the south of the rail- 
road tracks, two villages of no mean proportions are allied, and together 
form quite an interesting suburban quarter. With these numerous 
dwellings and improvements and conveniences of all kinds, Morton bids 
fair to become one of the most populous on the division. 

Farad.w Park Hotel. — Accommodations for fifty persons. Open 
May to November. Rates, #7 to I15 per week. 



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SWARTHMORE, Pa. 

Distance, 11.4 miles. 20 trains each way on week-days; 10 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 24 minutes, accommodation 35 minutes. Fare, 34^ cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 45 cents. Family tickets, $11.90; quarterly, 

$16.65; monthly, $6.15; school, $4-io. 

Swarthmore College, a renowned co-educational institution, founded 
by members of the Society of Friends, and from which the station 
takes its name, is the one absorbing feature of interest at this place. 

Apart from this, however Swarthmore presents many other claims 
for consideration. Hundreds of well-built houses of pretty designs 
spread over a large territory, illuminated at night by electricity. 

A new and modern inn has chosen Swarthmore for its home, and 
lends a new importance. 

Strathaven Inn. — Sirs. M. H. Hanson. One-quarter of a mile 
from station. Accommodations for two hundred. Rates, $10 to 120 
per week. 

Farm House. — Mrs. R. J. Gilpin. Open June to October. One- 
half of a mile from station. Accommodations for forty persons. Rates, 
$S to |io per week. 

QuEENT Anne Cottage. — Mrs. A. B. Marshall. Half a mile 
from station. Capacity, fifteen persons. Open all the year. Rates, |io 
to 112 per week. 



WALLINGFORD, Pa. 

Distance, 12.4 miles. 22 trains each way on week-days; 10 on Sundays. 
Ruiniing time, express 22 minutes, accommodation 39 minutes. 

Woodland and meadow divide honors in beautifying this remarkably 
handsome suburb of Philadelphia, and these natural endowments silently 
yielding to the cultivation of man, a most gratifying effect has been 
the result. Crum Creek, a stream flowing along in the vicinity, fur- 
nishes good fishing. 

ToDMORDEN Hall.— Mr. Jos. H. Palmer. One mile from station. 
Accommodations for thirty persons. Rates, $12 to |i6 per week. 

The Mansion.— Mrs. G. D. Worrall. Five minutes from station. 
Accommodations for fifty persons. Rates, $8 to |i8 per week. 



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Green Bank Farm. — Mrs. John Pancoast. One mile from station. 
Accommodations for thirty-five persons. Open May ist to November 
I St. Rates, $S to |io per week. 

Farm House. — Mr. E. V. Martin. Seven minutes' walk. Ac- 
commodates fifteen to twenty persons. Open May ist to October ist. 
Rates, $8 to $g per week. 

Farm House. — Mr. Joseph Morris. Two miles from station. Ac- 
commodates twelve persons. Open May to November. Rates, $6 to 
$io per week. 



MOYLAN, Pa. 

Distance, 15.3 miles. 20 trains each way on week-dajs ; 10 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 30 minutes, accommodation 42 minutes. Fare, 40 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 55 cents. Family tickets, $13.90 ; quarterly, 

$18.25; monthly, $6.75; school, I4.50. 

This sedate spot has been selected as the site of several beautiful 
country homes, and, like its big neighbor on the west, — Media, — is 
surrounded by a rich farming country, destined to be invaded some 
day by building operations. 

Farm House. — Mr. John Booth. Ten minutes from station. Ac- 
commodations for fifteen persons. Rates, $8 to |io per week. 



MEDIA, Pa. 

Distance, 14 miles. 24 trains each way on week-days ; 10 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 28 minutes, accommodation 44 minutes. Fare, 42 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 55 cents. Family tickets, $14.60 ; ciuarterly, 

$18.65; nionthly, $6.90; school, $4.60. 

Media, the county-town of Delaware County, with a population 
of twenty-five hundred, rests on the crest of a large hill, with the 
prettiest of surroundings. It is a model place for suburban residence, 
with its elegant villas, excellent summer inns, gas, electric lights, water- 
works, and trolley lines, not to mention churches of all kinds, and 
the best of schools. Fine roads stretch out in every direction from 
this well regulated municipality, through a country of great beauty 
and variety. 



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Idlewild. — Messrs. J. H. & A. L. Hawkins. Four hundred yards 
from station. Accommodations for one hundred persons. Open from 
May to November. Rates, |i5 to $30 per week. 

Haldeman House. — Half a mile from station. Accommodations 
for one hundred persons. Rates, $ro per week and upwards. 

Brooke Hall. — Mrs. Featherson. Three minutes from station. 
Accommodates one hundred .«;uests. Open June to October. Terms 
moderate. 

Charter House.— Mr. P. L. Smith. Five minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodates sixty persons. Open all the year. Rates, $7 
and upwards. 

The Mansion.— Mrs. A. L. Wright. Ten minutes from station. 
Accommodations for sixty persons. Open May to November. Rates, 
$2 per day, $10 to $15 per week. 

Dale Mansion. — Mrs. Theo. Entrekin. Two minutes from station. 
Accommodates forty guests. Rates, $y to |i2 per week. 

Boarding-House. — Mrs. Mary L. Haddock. One-quarter of a 
mile from station. Accommodates twelve persons. Open all the year. 
Rates, $s to $7. 

Farm House. — Mr. Jno. Pancoast. One-half mile from station. 
Accommodates twenty-five guests. Rate, ^7 per week. 



ELWYN, Pa. 

Distance, 15. i miles 17 trains each way on week-days; 10 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 32 minutes, accommodation 47 minutes. Fare, 46 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 60 cents. Family tickets, $15.70 ; quarterly, 

519.45; monthly, $7.20; school, <:4.8o. 

Directly opposite the station is the El\vyn Excursion Grove, afford- 
ing a beautiful and attractive ground for picnic parties. The Pennsyl- 
vania Institution for Feeble-Minded Children, an exceedingly large and 
worthy establishment, is located near the station. The country is open 
and affords fine opportunities for building. 

Farm House. —Mrs. W. D. Reed. One mile from station. Accom- 
modations for eight persons. Rates, $5 to |8 per week. 



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GLEN RIDDLE, Pa. 

Distance, 16.7 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days; 10 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 36 minutes, accommodation 52 minutes. Fare, 50 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 65 cents. Family tickets, $17.20 ; quarterly, 

$20.65; monthly, $7.65; school, $5.10. 

Several picturesque little hamlets lie on the hills around, and are 
principally maintained by the extensive cotton mills of the place. Boat- 
ing, bathing, and fishing are to be found by those at leisure. 



LENNI, Pa. 

Distance, 17.4 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days; 10 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 38 minutes, accommodation 54 minutes. Fare, 52 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 70 cents. Family tickets, 517.90; quarterly, 

$21.50; monthly, $7.95; school, $5.30. 

Chester Creek broadens out and relieves in effect the busy scene 
of manufacturing which is more or less in view here. Like Glen Riddle, 
the enjoyments which a stream of w-ater affords are within easy reach. 

Mahlon Wood House. — Mrs. Dodd. One square from station. 
Accommodations for eight persons. 

WAWA, Pa. 

Distance, iS.i miles. 19 trains each way on week-days ; 10 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 40 minutes, accommodation 57 minutes. Fare, 54 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 75 cents. Family tickets, $18.60; quarterly, $21.90; 

monthly, $8.10; school, $5.40. 

Wawa is the junction of the West Chester Branch with the Central 
Division, and quite a busy little railroad centre. Besides this importance 
it appeals to the consideration of the home-seeker. On the eminences 
rising to a no mean degree on all sides of the station are built 
comfortable country residences. 

The Chester Creek Branch of the Central Division runs off at Wawa, 
and, following the path of the creek, after which the branch has been 
named, strikes Lamokin, on the Maryland Division, at a distance of 
seven miles. 

Rockdale, Mt. Alverno, Knowlton, Morgan, Bridgewater, 
and Upland the stations present numerous choice building sites. 



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These points enjoy the same advantages as those on the main divisions, 
and, in some instances, are even more desirable from a residential stand- 
point. 

Farm Hoi'Se at Wawa.— Mr. James Donovan. One mile from 
station. Accommodations for twenty persons. Rate, I7 per week. 

CHESTER HEIGHTS, Pa. 

Distance, 19.3 miles. 5 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 
Running time about 45 minutes. Fare, 58 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 80 cents. 
Family tickets, $19.80; quarterly, $23.10; monthly, $8.55; school, $5.70. 

The feature of Chester Heights is the camp-meeting ground directly 
adjoining the station. These meetings are held under the auspices of 
the Methodist Episcopal Conference, who chose this place as being 
accessible and eligible for all their needs, — a selection on their part 
which proves the desirability of the station for other usages. 

MARKHAM, Pa. 

Distance, 21.4 miles. 5 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time about 51 minutes. Fare, 64 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 85 cents. 

Family tickets, $21.90; quarterly, $24.75; monthly, $9.15; school, $6.10. 

This is in the midst of a farming district, and advantageously situated 
for the enjoyment of the delights to be experienced in the country, and 
yet be within a convenient distance of the city. 

CONCORD, Pa. 

Distance, 22.3 miles. 5 trains each way on week-daj-s ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time about 54 minutes. Fare, 67 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 90 cents. 

Family tickets, $22.70; quarterly, $25.15; monthly, $9.30; school, $6.20. 

Concord is a village of about five hundred inhabitants, who 
are proud of the fiict that some of the most finely-appointed dairy farms 
in the country are to be found there. Two Friends' meeting-houses, 
a church and a school make up the social part of the colony. 

Maplewood.— Mr. Joseph Shortlidge. Half mile from station. Ac- 
commodations for seventy five persons. Rates, $s to $10 per week. 
Open May 15th to October ist. 

Farm House.— Mr. George Rush. Open May to November. 
Half mile from station. Accommodations for twenty persons. Rate, 
1 10 per week. 



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BRANDYWINE SUMMIT, Pa. 

Distance, 24.1 miles. 5 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time about 59 minutes. Fare, 73 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, $1. Family 

tickets, $24.70 ; quarterly, $26.75 ; monthly, I9.90 ; school, $6.60. 

The country round-about is quiet and retired. It is in the centre 
of a ver}^ fertile and pretty fanning district, and abounds in fresh products, 
pure air and water. Probably three hundred people are included in 
its rolls. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. J. S. Windle. Three minutes from station. 
Accommodations for seven persons. Rate, |8 per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Miss Ray Smith. Three minutes from station. 
Accommodations for four male guests. Rate, |8 per week. 

BoARDiis'G-HousE. — Mrs. John E. Hepburn. Three minutes from 
station. Accommodations for six guests. Rate, ^8 per week. 



CHADD'S FORD, Pa. 

Distance, 26.8 miles. 5 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, about i hour 5 minutes. Fare, 80 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, $1.10. 

Family tickets, $27.30; quarterly, $29.15; monthly, $10.80; school, $7.20. 

Few remaining signs of the stirring scenes once enacted on its 
ground in Revolutionary times are retained in this unpretentious little 
place. Washington's and Lafayette's headquarters are still standing, 
but the grim, warlike aspect has given way to a cool, inviting appear- 
ance, which every summer draws a quota of visitors. Brandywine 
Creek meekly flows along nearby, without the slightest disposition to 
recite of its historical associations with our brave ancestral defenders 
and their tyrannical oppressors. 

Chadd's Ford Hotel. — Mr. J. H. Twaddell. One square from 
station. Accommodates twenty persons. Rate, $S per week. Open 
all the year. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mr. Caleb Brinton, Jr. Two miles from station. 
Accommodations for twenty persons. Rates, $8 to $10 per week. Open 
May to November. 

Private Farm House. — Mr. J. M. Bullock. Two and one-half 
miles from station. Accommodations for fifteen persons. Open May 
ist to November ist. Rates, I4.50 to $S per week. 



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Farm House.— Mr. P. C. Bullock. One mile from station. Accom- 
modations for eight persons. Open May to October. Rates, $4.50 to 
$8 per week. 

Boarding -House. — Mrs. G. K. Barney. One mile from station. 
Capacity ten. Open May to October. Rates, $S to |io per week. 



FAIRVILLE, Pa. 

Distance, 29.7 miles. 5 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, about i hour 16 minutes. Fare, 89 cents; 2-day excursion rate, $1.20. 

Family tickets, $30.20; quarterly, I31.20; monthly, $11.55; school, $7.70. 

Those in quest of the repose of country life will find it here in per- 
fection. The population of one hundred and fifty is increased about a 
hundred by the people of Hammonton, a little village adjoining Fairville, 
but so close that they are virtually one and the same. 

Farm House.— Mr. A. M. Woodward, Mendenhall P. O. One-half 
mile from station. Accommodations for ten persons. Open May to 
November. Rates, $5 to 18 per week. 



ROSEDALE, Pa. 

Distance, 30.9 miles. 5 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, about i hour 20 minutes. Fare, 93 cents; 2-day excursion rate, $1.25. 

Family tickets, $31.40; quarterly, $32.40; monthly, $12; school, $8. 

The country around Rosedale is hilly ; the views extended and of a 
picturesque character. A public school and a Friends' meeting-house 
are supported by the hundred or so inhabitants. 

Farm House. — Mr. G. F. Pickel. Open June to November. One- 
fourth of a mile from station. Accommodations for twenty persons. 
Rates, $5 to $S per week. 

Farm House. — Mr. Davis Huey, proprietor. One mile from station. 
Accommodations for fifteen persons. Rates, I5 to $S per week. Open 
June to November. 

Farm House. — Mrs. E. W. Baldwin. One-half mile from station. 
Accommodations for thirty persons. 

Farm House. — Mr. A. M. Woodward. One-half mile from station. 
Accommodations for thirty persons. Rates, $s to |8 per week. 



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KENNETT, Pa. 

Distance, 33.5 miles. 5 trains each way on week-days; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, about i hour 26 minutes. Fare, $1.01; 2-day excursion rate, $i.35- 

Family tickets, I34; quarterly, $34.45; monthly, $12.75; school, I8.50. 

Kennett, or Kennett Square as it is often called, is a very prosperous 
and well-governed place. It has a population of probably eighteen hun- 
dred and spreads out over a good-sized area, a large part of which lies on 
a prominent eminence overlooking the station and the country for miles 
around. Its altitude renders it most healthful, and its formation in the 
shape of dainty and well-built houses heightens its attractiveness to a 
considerable extent. It has always been highly esteemed as a suitable 
and well-adapted summer retreat. Bayard Taylor, literateur, poet, and 
traveler, was born and bred within its pretty confines. 

Kennett Hotel. — Accommodations for twenty-five persons. 
Rates, $2 per day, $5 to |io per week. Open all year. One-quarter of 
a mile from station. 

Farm House. — Mr. John Hadley. Open June to November. One 
mile from station. Accommodations for twenty persons. Rates, $s to |io 
per week. 

Farm House. — Mr. Ellis Hughes. Open June to November. One- 
quarter of a mile from station. Accommodations for twenty persons. 
Rates, $5 to |io per week. 

DARLINGTON, Pa. 

Distance, 18.7 miles. 12 trains each way on week-days ; 5 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 45 minutes, accommodation 59 minutes. Fare, 56 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 85 cents. Family tickets, $19.20; quarterly, 

$22.25; monthly, $8.25; school, $5.50. 

For a quiet, restful locality, Darlington stands almost unequaled. 
Modestly and peacefully pursuing the even tenor of its way, and paying 
but little attention to the struggle for popularity, it is thoroughly suit- 
able as a place of residence. 

GLEN MILLS, Pa. 

Distance, 20.3 miles. 13 trains each way on week-days ; 5 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 45 minutes, accommodation i hour 2 minutes. Fare, 61 cents ; 

2-day excursion rate, 90 cents. Family tickets, $20.80 ; 

quarterly, $23.90 ; monthly, $8.85 ; school, $5.90. 

Few points on the Central Division present better natural advantages 
for summer homes than Glen Mills. Its position is healthful in every 



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way ; fresh air, dry ground, and pure water being powerful agencies 
in creating this highly valuable attraction. 

Farm House. — Mr. Thos. W. Hemphill. Half mile from station. 
Open June to November. Accommodations for twenty persons. Rates, 
$6 to $S per week. 

CHEYNEY, Pa. 

Distance, 22.5 miles. 13 trains each way on week-days ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 55 minutes, accommodation i hour 7 minutes. Fare, 68 cents ; 

2-day excursion rate, $1. Family tickets, $23; quarterly, 

$25.50; monthly, $9.45; school, $6.30. 

By its secluded situation Cheyney has drawn a number of people 
whose vacation's paramount object is rest and quiet. Chester Creek, 
murmuringly following the road-bed of the West Chester Branch, sup- 
plies rather a fair fishing-ground Accommodations sufficient to gratify 
ordinary wants are to be obtained. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Mrs. E. Fink. Three minutes from station. 
Accommodations for six persons. Rate, $8 per week. 

WESTTOWN, Pa. 

Distance, 24 miles. 13 trains each way on week-days ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 53 minutes, accommodation i hour 10 minutes. Fare, 72 cents; 

2-day excursion rate, $1.15. Family tickets, $24.50; quarterly, 

$26.75; monthly, $9.90; school, $6.60. 

There is again that charm of seclusion here, an element that im- 
presses itself immediately on entering this pretty section, with its fields 
and farms and scattered homes. A large Friends' school is close by the 
neat little station. 

OAKBOURNE, Pa. 

Distance, 25.5 miles. 12 trains each way on week-days ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, express i hour 3 minutes, accommodation i hour 14 minutes. Fare, 

77 cents; 2-day excursion rate, $1.25. Family tickets, $26; quarterly, 

$27.95; monthly, $10.35; school, $6.90. 

Like all the land along this subdivision of the road is that 
surrounding this suburb of West Chester; devoted to forming. It offers 
opportunities, however, for the building of private suburban homes, 
and, with its proximity to West Chester, there is obviously another 
good reason in commending it for that purpose. 



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WEST CHESTER, Pa. 

Distance, via P. W. & B. R. R., 27.4 miles, and via Pennsylvania R. R., 30.6 miles. 

13 trains via P. W. & B. R. R. each way on week-days, and 13 trains 

via Pennsylvania R. R. ; 4 trains via P. W. & B. R. R. on 

Sundays, and 6 trains via Pennsylvania R. R. 

West Chester is unquestionably one of the most handsome and 
flourishing towns of the State, and possesses to a noticeable degree a 
neat, comfortable, and well-to-do appearance. It is the county-seat 
of Chester County, and numbers about ten thousand inhabitants. 

An evidence of progressiveness and worth is on all sides, — gas, 
electric light, water-works, hundreds of fine stores, a dozen churches, 
numerous schools, including the State Normal School, one of the largest 
and most impressive educational buildings in the country, — to say 
nothing of the trolley lines, an invention adopted by West Chester 
some time before Philadelphia enjoyed the same means of local convey- 
ance. The fire and police departments are especially efficient, and the 
newspapers of the town stand second to none in the State. 

Too much cannot be said of West Chester ; for aside and apart 
from its other advantages, that of being most fittingly adapted for either 
summer or winter residence, strikingly manifests itself. High and dry, 
it is always several degrees cooler in the warm months than Philadel- 
phia, and the country surrounding it is varied and beautiful. 

Turk's Head Hotel. —Mr. Frank Head. Three blocks from 
station. Accommodations for eighty persons. Rate, |i2 per week. 

Mansion House. — Mr. John A. Hannum. Four blocks from station. 
Accommodations for fifty persons. Rates, |8 to $12 per week. 

Green Tree Hotel— Mr. J. Speakman. Four blocks from station. 
Accommodations for fifty persons. Rates, |8 to |ro per week. 

Eagle Hotel. — Mr. E. P. Newlin. Three blocks from station. 
Accommodations for fifty persons. Rates, I7 to |i2 per week. 

Matlack Homestead. — Miss P>a Matlack. One mile from station. 
Capacity, sixty. Rates, |io to $20 per week. Open May to September. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Miss J. J. Few. Ten minutes from station. 
Accommodations for twenty persons. Rates, |6 to $12 per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. M. E. Hayes. Eight minutes from station. 
Accommodations for twenty-five persons. Rates, $s to $7 per week. 



PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. 



AMBOY DIVISION. 
Camden & Amboy Railroad. 



DELAIR, N. J. 

Distance, 5.S miles. 14 trains each way on week-days ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, 22 minutes. Fare, 14 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 25 cents. Family 

tickets, $5.70 ; quarterly, $12.20 ; monthly, $4.50 ; school, $3. 

On high ground, overlooking the deep waters of the Delaware, is 
Delair, with its cluster of artistic homes surrounded by spacious grounds 
and bordered by wide, well-graded streets. As a suburb for building 
at reasonable cost, Delair is held in favor. 



WEST PALMYRA, N. J. 

Distance, 8 miles. 14 trains each way on week-days ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, 25 minutes. Fare, 20 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 30 cents. Family 

tickets, $8; quarterly, $13.80; monthly, $5.10 ; school, I3.40. 

The phenomenal growth experienced by Palmyra during the past 
five years necessitates this station for the better accommodation of those 
living beyond the original site. So rapid has been the increase in 
population that two sections are now consolidated, and the line of 
separation indistinguishable. 

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PALMYRA, N. J. 

Distance, 8.5 miles. 18 trains each way on week-days ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 23 minutes, accommodation 30 minutes. Fare, 21 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 30 cents. Family tickets, I8.50 ; quarterly, 

514.25 ; monthly, I5.25 ; school, $3.50. 

Even in this town-making; country, where cities spring up in a 
single niglit, Pahiiyra holds its own and compares favorably with the 
booming western towns. Its rise has been wonderful, and none the 
less steady and sure. Four thousand inhabitants now snugly occupy 
homes of neat design. 

Palmyra Hotel.— Mr. Levis Wallace. Near station. Accom- 
modates twenty -six guests. Open all year. Rates, $1.50 per day, $5 
to |8 per week. 

Mansion House. — Mr. Charles Hall. One-quarter mile from 
station. Accommodates twenty guests. Open all the year. Rates, 
Is to $7 per week. 

West End Hotel. — Mr. Josiah Wallace. Ten minutes' walk. 
Accommodates sixteen guests. Open May to November. Rates, I1.50 
per day, $s to |io per week. 

RIVERTON, N. J. 

Distance, 9.2 miles. 19 trains each way on week-days; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 23 minutes, accommodation 32 minutes. Fare, 23 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 30 cents. Family tickets, I9. 20 ; quarterly, 

$15 ; monthly, $5.55 ; school, I3. 70. 

Naturally endowed with many gifts of nature and highly cultivated 
by man, Riverton is indeed a most delightful spot. Its wide, shaded 
streets run down to the river bank, whose green, velvet-like surface 
forms a distinctive feature, as it extends for a mile in length bordered 
with palatial residences and by well-kept lawns. 

It is a grand haven for yachtsmen, canoeists, lovers of the rod, 
cricketers, ball and tennis players, and the sandy beach claims its quota 
in bathing season. From a sanitary standpoint it is very healthful, the 
malaria theory concerning river-fronts having long ago been exploded. 
The return each year of the same people, and length of years enjoyed 
by permanent residents, amply attest the popularity in which it is held. 
The population, consisting of fifteen hundred, are mainly property-owaiers. 



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The exceptionally fine opportunities for summer sojourners are 
usually captured months in advance, and with all these manifold charms, 
interspersed with the social attractions which the place offers, there is 
no gainsaying the fact that Riverton is an ideal nearby resort. 

Lawn House.— Miss E. S. Bell. Three squares from station. 
Accommodates seventy-five guests. Open May 31st to October 15th. 
Rates, I9 to I25 per week. 

Private Mansion.— Miss Sallie Sickel. Few minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodates thirty guests. Open all the year. Rates, |8 
to $15 per week. 

TAYLOR'S, N. J. 

Distance, 11 miles. 12 trains each way on week-days; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, 29 to 33 minutes. Fare, 28 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 35 cents. Family 

tickets, |ii; quarterly, $16.20 ; monthly, $6.15 ; school, $4.10. 

This station is in the midst of an extensive farming centre. Numer- 
ous old homes are seen in and around the place, whose delightful 
situation on the river speaks for itself. 

CAMBRIDGE, N. J. 

Distance, 11.8 miles. 11 trains each way on week-days; 4 on Sundays. 

Running- time, 35 minutes. Fare, 30 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 40 cents. Family 

tickets, $11.90; quarterly, $17.05; monthly, $6.30 ; school, $4.20. 

Like the connecting village of Taylor's, this place is in every way 
calculated to draw suburban home-seekers. It is a quiet place, devoted 
chiefly to farming. 

RIVERSIDE, N. J. 

Distance, 12.6 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 31 minutes, accommodation 42 minutes. Fare, 32 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 45 cents. Family tickets, $12.60 ; quarterly, 

$17.80; monthly, $6.60; school, $4.40. 

Riverside is located near the confluence of the Rancocas Creek 
with the Delaware. It is a very town-like looking place and quite 
lively. In addition to the manufacturing interests, it presents advantages 
for building and settling. Four churches, several schools, and all con- 
veniences are within its bounds. 



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DELANCO, N. J. 

Distance, 13.2 miles. 18 trains each way on \veek-day» ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 34. minutes, accommodation 43 minutes. Fare, 33 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 45 cents. Family tickets, $13.20 ; quarterly, 

$18.25 ; monthly, $6.75 ; school, $4.50. 

Delanco is prettily situated on the Rancocas Creek, a short distance 
above its junction with the Delaware, and is nearly surrounded by water. 
No better opportunity for sailing, fishing, and bathing could be 
imagined than that in evidence here on all sides. A score of boat- 
houses dot the shore of the creek, and give the place a peculiarly 
inviting appearance. 

Delanco Villa. — Mr. John H. Briggs. One square from station. 
Accommodations for twenty persons. Rate, |8 per week. 



BEVERLY, N. J. 

Distance, 15.5 miles. 19 trains each way on week-days ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 32 minutes, accommodation 54 minutes. Fare, 39 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 55 cents. Family tickets, $15.50 ; quarterly, 

$19.85 ; monthly, $7.35 ; school, I4.90. 

This pleasant river town is situated at a high elevation above 
the river, on a commanding bluff, enjoying pure air and an entire 
freedom from malarious influences. Few points are more deserving of 
consideration than Beverly, as every requisite for the entertainment of 
the summer guest is at hand. Water sports of all kinds can be in- 
dulged in by those so inclined. The town is a thoroughly-organized 
corporation, with mayor, police, newspapers, churches, schools, a public 
park, and a population of over twenty-five hundred. 

Considered either as a summer home or a place of permanent 
residence, Beverly presents strong claims to the notice of the public. 

Grove House. — Mrs. M. W. Wood. Four squares from station. 
Accommodates seventy-two guests. Open June 15th to October ist. 
Rates, $g to |2o per week. 

Steamboat Hotel.— Mr. David Champion. Four squares from 
station. Accommodations for one hundred guests. Open all the year. 
Rates, $8 to $15 per week. 



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BoARDiNG-HousE. — Miss A. Clark. One square from station. Ac- 
commodates five guests. Open May to November. Rates, $7 to $12 
per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. A. Vansciver. Accommodations for twenty 
guests. Rates, $s to $S per week. 

EDGEWATER PARK, N. J. 

Distance, 16.4 miles. 18 trains each way on week-days ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 42 minutes, accommodations 57 minutes. Fare, 41 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 55 cents. Family tickets, $16.30 ; quarterly, 

$20.65 ; monthly, $7.65 ; school, $5.10. 

An air of refinement pervades this point and seems to affect every- 
thing within reach of the subtle yet powerful influence. Charming pas- 
toral estates stretch along the river bank which is exquisitely adorned 
by all the arts the landscape gardener commands. Back from the 
water-front are level, shady avenues, with interwoven trees forming 
majestic arches of protection from the enervating rays of the sun, and 
at the same time beautiful picturesque vistas. 

The boating, fishing, and bathing are of the best kind, and 
with the beautiful situation, commanding pure air and water, Edgewater 
Park presents a rare chance for either transient or permanent settlers. 

Mansion. — Miss A. Jenkins. Three minutes' walk. Accommo- 
dations for twelve guests. Open all year. 

BURLINGTON, N.J. 

Distance, 18.7 miles. 21 trains each way on week-days ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 37 minutes, accommodation 58 minutes. Fare, 47 cents ; 2-day 

excursion rate, 60 cents. Family tickets, $18.70 ; quarterly, 

$22.70; monthly, $8.40 ; school, $5.60. 

Burlington, on the Delaware opposite Bristol, is an exceedingly old 
place, with many historical reminiscences attaching to it. It was first 
settled by Quakers in 1677, and is noted for its quaint old houses, many 
of which were built during the Revolution. Many personages of more 
or less note have had Burlington for a home, and it is now the residence 
of some of their descendants, and of others who recognize the enjoy- 
ments of living beyond a humid city, and appreciate a cool retreat 
during the summer months. 



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Belder House.— Near station. Capacity, fifty. Rate, $io per 
week. 

Exchange Hotel.— Mr. J. \V. Marlin. Capacity, twenty. Rates, 
$6 to $7 per week. 

Burlington House. — Mr. F. H. Bradley. Capacity, twenty. Rate, 
|7 per week. 

Bo.\RDiNG-HousE.— Miss Lydia Stokes. Capacity, thirty. Rate, 
$6 to $io per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Mrs. R. H. Ross. Rates, $6 to $S per week. 



FLORENCE, N. J. 

Distance, 23.2 miles. 13 trains each way on week-days ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 54 minutes, accommodation i hour 5 minutes. Fare, 58 cents ; 

2-day excursion rate, 80 cents. Family tickets, I23.20 ; quarterly, I26.35 ; 

monthly, $9.75 ; school, $6.50. 

From the elevated position of this pretty place the surrounding 
country may be seen reaching out in well-cultivated farms on hill and in 
dale, and the river below, which is unusually wide, makes a decided bend, 
seemingly forming a great lake, which, added to the other attractive 
features, completes the panorama. 

Exchange Hotel.— Mr. W. H. Parker. One mile and a half from 
station. Accommodates six guests. Rate, $g per week. 

Florence Hotel.— Mr. J. Luniak. One and a half miles from 
station. Accommodates ten persons. Rate, $g per week. 



KINKORA, N. J. 

Distance, 25 miles. 11 trains each way on week days ; 4 on Sundays. 
Running time, express 1 hour, accommodation i hour 10 minutes. Fare, 63 cents ; 
2-day excursion rate, 90 cents. Family tickets, 125 ; quarterly, $27.55 ; 
monthly, $10.20 ; school, $6.80. 

Outside of being a railroad junction, Kinkora has few attractions. 
The fishing is very fine, however,— perch and sunfish being caught 
in abundance. 



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WHITE HILL, N. J. 

Distance, 26.9 miles. 11 trains each way on week-days ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, express i hour 9 minutes, accommodation i hour 20 minutes. Fare, 67 cents ; 

2-day excursion rate, 90 cents. Family tickets, $26.90 ; quarterly, $29.15 ; 

monthly, $10.80 ; school, $7.20. 

This village is composed of about eight hundred inhabitants, whose 
homes are jauntily perched on the crest of a high bluff, which, over- 
hanging the river, affords an unobstructed view. 

FiEDLSBORO House. — Mr. Thos. Maley. One-quarter mile from sta- 
tion. Accommodates fifteen persons. Rates, $5 to $7 per week. 

The Orchard. — Mr. Wni. Ettenger. One and one-half miles from 
station. Accommodates ten persons. Rates, $5 to $7 per week. 

BORDENTOWN, N. J. 

Distance, 2S.1 miles. 16 trains each way on week-days ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 55 minutes, accommodation i hour 15 minutes. Fare, 70 cents ; 

2-day excursion rate, 90 cents. Family tickets, $28.10 ; quarterly, $30.35 ; 

monthly, $11.25 ; school, $7.50. 

Fully sixty feet above the waters of the Delaware, on a high bluff, 
is this attractive town, with a population consisting of six thousand, who 
enjoy a number of churches of various denominations, public and private 
schools, a female college, and a military institute, a bank, newspapers, 
gas and water supply, and all modern facilities. 

Crosswick's Creek unites with the river water here, furnishing fine 
facilities for boating and fishmg, while the numerous shaded walks and 
drives afford alluring coolness to the pedestrian and driver. 

One of the interesting and pleasing features of the city is Bonaparte 
Park (now a convent), formed from the estate of Joseph Bonaparte, who, 
after descending from the throne, became a citizen of this charming 
town the society of which is cultivated and refined. 

American House.— Mr. John K. Green. One-half square from 
station. Accommodates one hundred guests. Open all the year. Rate, 
1 1. 50 per day. 

Farm House. — Mrs. John Lamb. One-half mile from station. 
Accommodates twenty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $6 to $S 
per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. G. S. Bowen. One square from station. 
Accommodates fifty guests. Rates, $6 to $8 per week. 



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CAMDEN & BURLINGTON COUNTY BRANCH. 



DUDLEY, N. J. 

Distance, 4 miles. 13 trains each way on week-days; 4 on Sundays. 

Running; time, 20 minutes. Fare, 12 cents; 2-day excursion rate, 15 cents. Family 

tickets, $4; quarterly, $10.55 ; monthly, I3.90 ; school, $2.60. 

On the eastern outskirts of Camden this station is being rapidly 
built up with comfortable residences, surrounded by gardens and shaded 
by great trees. It is near enough to the city to share in its conveniences, 
while there is enough of the country about to make it a pleasant place 
of summer residence. 

WELLWOOD, N. J. 

Distance, 5.1 miles. 13 trains each way on week-days; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, 21 minutes. Fare, 15 cents; 2-day excursion rate, 20 cents. Family 

tickets, I4; quarterly, f 11.75; monthly, I4.35 ; school, $2.90, 

Wellwood is so close to Dudley that the description of one applies 
to the other, except that Wellwood possesses rural features to a greater 
extent than its neighbor. 

MERCHANTVILLE, N. J. 

Distance, 5.6 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 21 minutes, accommodation 26 minutes. Fare, 17 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 20 cents. Family tickets, I4 ; quarterly, 

<si2.20 ; monthly, $4.50 ; school, $3. 

Merchantville is situated in a section of New Jersey noted for its 
healthfulness and desirability of climate. The wide streets and avenues 
are bordered with residences of striking and artistic design in their 
architectural beauty, and in the wealth of lawn and flowers enclosing 
them. Fine old trees shelter the walks and furnish additional pictur- 
esqueness to an exceedingly pretty suburb. The accessibility of Mer- 
chantville to Philadelphia has been a very potent factor in establishing 
its wide popularity. 

Oak Grove.— Mrs. M. H. York. One and one-half squares from 
station. Accommodations for eighty guests. Open all year. Rates. 
$7 to I15 per week. 



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BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. John Rowbotham. One square from sta- 
tion. Accommodations for twelve persons. Rate, |:7 to I15 per week. 

Stockton House. — Mr. W. W. Pancoast. One and one-half squares 
from station. Accommodations for twenty guests. Open all year. 
Rates, 16 to 18 per week. 



PENSAUKEN, N. J. 

Distance, 6.5 miles. 15 trains each way on week-daj-s ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, 25 minutes. Fare, 20 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 30 cents. Family 

tickets, $6.50 ; quarterly, $12.55; monthly, I4. 65 ; school, I3. 10. 

On the north of the railroad tracks lies this well built-up rismg 
community. Eligible sites for building are plentiful in the section, 
and are rapidly being taken advantage of by those who foresee a bright 
future. 



MAPLE SHADE, N. J. 

Distance, 8.1 miles. 13 trains each way on week-days ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, 30 minutes. Fare, 24 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 35 cents. Family 

tickets, $7 ; quarterly, I14.15 ; monthly, $5.25 ; school, $3.50. 

Maple Shade occupies a fine position in a very fertile and pic- 
turesque county. Neat houses scattered in the midst of a fine farm- 
ing district lend a thrifty aspect to the general landscape. Half a 
mile east of Maple vShade a large picnic grove has been opened. 



LENOLA, N. J. 

Distance, 9.2 miles. 13 trains each way on week-days ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, 32 minutes. Fare, 28 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 40 cents. Family 

tickets, $7.60 ; quarterly, $15 ; monthly, I5.55 ; school, I3.70. 

Lenola, formerly Wilson, enjoys alike with other points in Burling- 
ton County a name for fertility and healthfulness. It is as yet but a 
sparsely-settled little place but with its advantageous location bound 
to come to the front. 



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MOORESTOWN, N. J. 

Distance, 11.4 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days; 4 on Sundays. 

Ruiniing; time, express 26 minutes, accommodation 45 minutes. Fare, :^t, cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 50 cents. Family tickets, $9.40 ; quarterly, 

$16.60; monthly, I6.15; school, I4. 10. 

Moorestown, willi its opportunities for healtliful comfort and quiet 
happiness, is a dwelling-place good to see and good to live in. The 
town, long and narrow, lies along a ridge overlooking a lovely valley, 
and affords most excellent means for building, renting, or visiting within 
its territory. The town is laid out in broad, airy streets and built up 
with neat dwellings and cosy cottages, beautified with lawns and gardens. 
There are two stations in Moorestown for the better accommodation 
of the large number of residents. 

West End Hotel.— Mr. S. S. Dager. Three squares from West 
Moorestown. Accommodations for fifty persons. Rates, $7 to $12 
per week. 

Cole's Hotel. — Mr. C. C. Cole. Two and one-half squares from 
East Moorestown. Accommodations for forty persons. Rates, $S to 
$10 per week. 

Creede Cottage. — The Misses Creede. One and one-half squares 
from East Moorestown. Accommodations for twelve persons. Rates, 
$5 to $8 per week. 



STANWICK, N. J. 

Distance, 12 miles. 15 trains each day on week-days; 4 on Sundays. 

Running- time, express 35 minutes, accommodation 45 minutes. Fare, 36 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 55 cents. Family tickets, $10.30 ; quarterly, 

$17.05; monthly, #6.30 ; school, I4. 20. 

On one of the highest ridges of ground between the Delaware 
and the Atlantic is Stanwick, with its pretty collection of new cottages, 
forming an addition to Moorestown. There are some very pretentious 
residences in course of construction, which, when completed, will give 
the modest little point a wealthy and distinguished appearance. 



HARTFORD, N. J. 

Distance, 14. i miles. 13 trains each way on week-days; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, 40 to 50 minutes. Fare, 42 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 60 cents. Family 

tickets, $12.40 ; quarterly, ^19 ; monthly, $7.05 ; school, $4.70. 

The location of Hartford, on high, dry ground, commends it as a 
favorable spot during the warm-weather period. Rancocas Creek, in 
the vicinity, affords good boating, bathing, and fishing. The town enjoys 
all the conveniences of a prosperous community. 



MASONVILLE, N. J. 

Distance, 15.4 miles. 14 trains each way on week-days ; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, 43 to 56 minutes. Fare, 46 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 65 cents. Family 

tickets, $13.70 ; quarterly, $1985 ; monthly, $7.35 ; school, $4.90. 

Masonville is quite an attractive little village, with its neat frame 
cottages and desirable position in an acknowledged healthful region. 
The sites for homes are of such a character as to warrant the rapid 
building up of the place. 

Centreton Hotel. — Mr. F. A. Saunders. One mile from station. 
Accommodations for twenty-five guests. Open May to November. 

Farm House.— Mr. Harrison C. Rockhill. One-half mile from 
station. Accommodations for eight guests. Open May to November. 
Rates, $6 to $8 per week. 

Rancocas Springs Hotel.— Mr. J. P. Tomlinson. Accommo- 
dations for forty persons. Two miles from station. 



HAINESPORT, N. J. 

Distance, 17.8 miles. 13 trains each way on week-days; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, 55 minutes. Fare, 53 cents ; 2-day excursion rate, 70 cents. Family 

tickets, $16.10; quarterly, $21.90; monthly, $8.10 ; school, $5.40. 

The soil here being light and porous, absorbs almost instantly all 
moisture, and with the rural character of the neighboring country many 
conditions exist that should eventually attract those looking for a 
summer home. The Rancocas waters the outlying lands. 



MOUNT HOLLY, N. J. 

Distance, 19.7 miles. 15 trains each way on week-days; 4 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 47 minutes, accommodation, 60 minutes. Fare, 59 cents; 2-day 

excursion rate, 70 cents. Family tickets, $17.90; quarterly, 

$23.50; monthly, $8.70 ; school, $5.80. 

Famous as the annual scene of the great Mount Holly Fair, this 
active little city advances other claims for the recognition of the public. 
It contains a population of sixty-five hundred, with churches, schools, 
banks, newspapers, and all the modern and approved methods of a 
progressive town. From a business stand-point the interests are quite 
extensive, and, when considered as a place of abode, it has few equals. 

The Burlington Branch of the Amboy Division runs off from Mt. 
Holly in a northerly direction to Burlington ; and off to the south 
for a distance of six and a half miles is the Medford Branch, con- 
necting at Medford with the Camden & Atlantic Railroad. 

West End Hotel.— Mr. L. A. Stroud. Accommodations for fifty. 
Rate, $7 per week. 

Arcade Hotel. — Mr. Wm. L. Butterworth. Accommodations 
for fifty. Rate, |ro per week. 

Farisiers' Hotel. — Mr. P. J. Costigan. Accommodations for 
thirty. Rate,- 16 per week. 

Mill St. Hotel.— Mr. Grant Davis. Accommodations for thirty. 
Rate, |6 per week. 

Washington House. — Mr. B. W. Zelley. Accommodations for 
twenty-five. Rate, $7 per week. 



SMITHVILLE, N. J. 

Distance, 22.1 miles. 9 trains each way on week-days; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 53 minutes, accommodation i hour 16 minutes. Fare, 66 cents; 

2-day excursion rate, 85 cents. Family tickets, $20.40 ; quarterly, 

$25.50 ; monthly, $9.45 ; school, $6.30. 

Productive farming country extends around this thrifty little town 
whose identity is closely connected with a large bicycle manufactory. 
It enjoys the good features of Burlington County, of which Jersey is 
so proud. 



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BIRMINGHAM. N. J. 

Distance, 24.3 miles, 8 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, i hour to i hour 30 minutes. Fare, 73 cents; 2-day excursion rate, 94 cents. 

Family tickets, I22.60 ; quarterly, $25.90 ; monthly, $10.05 ; school, $6.70. 

Charmingly situated in the great pine belt of New Jersey is 
Birmingham, a place that is rapidly acquiring deserved distinction. 
This section of New Jersey is noted for its fine iron and sulphur springs, 
equal to any in the country for their medicinal qualities. A greatly 
appreciated adjunct is the winding, picturesque Rancocas Creek. Bor- 
dered by shaded walks and bridle-paths it is usually dotted in the 
summer afternoons with boating or fishing parties, and the woodland 
around provides desirable retreats for excursionists. 

The inn, under new and competent management, is the star at- 
traction, and in its completeness is not surpassed by any summer 
hotel. 

Birmingham Inn.— Mr. Martin O'Brien. Two minutes from station. 
Accommodations for one hundred and fifty guests. Rates on application. 

NEW LISBON, N. J. 

Distance, 28.9 miles. 4 trains each way on week-days ; i on Sundays. 

Running time, i hour 10 minutes to i hour 50 minutes. Fare, 87 cents; 2-day excursion 

rate, $1.17. Family tickets, $27.20 ; quarterly, $30.80 ; monthly, $11.40; school, $7.60. 

The proximity of the pine belt, and the land boom which has 
recently struck New Lisbon, have been highly instrumental in popu- 
larizing the station. It is esteemed for its healthfulness, and gives 
promise of becoming much better known. 

BROWN'S MILLS-IN-THE-PINES, N. J. 

Distance, 32.4 miles. 4 trains each way on week-days ; i on Sundays. 

Running time, 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes. Fare, $1 ; 2-day excursion rate, 

$1.30; ii-day excursion rate, $1.50. Family tickets, $30.70 ; quarterly, 

$33.60; monthly, $12.45; school, $8.30. 

Brown's Mills-in-the-Pines, as its name would indicate, is located 
in the heart of the pineries. For many years it has presented a de- 
lightful refuge to the summer visitor, and of late its charms for a 
winter sojourn have been discovered. The resinous odors from the 



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trees and the cedar-flavored water have endowed it with a widespread 
reputation for healthfuhiess. Beside these features, the picturesque 
scenery of the pine forests and the lake contribute largely to its 
attractiveness, while iron and sulphur springs supplement the efficacy 
of the breath of the pines. 

A large handsome hotel, fitted with all the conveniences and 
appointments of modern times, is maintained in the very best style. 

Forest Springs Hotel.— Mr. James E. Strong. Two minutes 
from station. Accomhiodations for two hundred and fifty guests. 
Rates, |i2 to $25 per week. 

Pine Grove Hotel.— Mr. Chas. Smars. One-half mile from 
station. Accommodations for thirty-five guests. Rate, |ro per week. 



VINCENTO IVJV BRANCH. 



VINCENTOWN, N. J. 

Distance, 25.7 miles. 2 trains each way on week-days. 
Running time, i hour 39 minutes. Fare, 83 cents : 2-day excursion rate, $1.15- Family 

tickets, $28.20 ; quarterly, $51.10 ; monthly, |i8-; school, $12.84. 

At the southern end of the Vincentown Branch, three miles from 
Ewansville, the junction point of the spur, lies Vincentown. It is 
located in a very desirable part of the county. Fine, healthful country 
is to be found on all sides, affording suitable ground for the erection 
of homes or for farming purposes. 

Hotel.— Mr. Frederick Kumpf. Five minutes from station. Rate, 
$5 per week. 

Hotel.— Mr. Charles Braddock. Five minutes from station. Rate, 
$5 per week. 

Boarding-House.— Mr. E. Haines. Eight minutes from station. 
Rate, $4 per week. 

Boarding-House.— Mr. L. Nesbitt. Eight minutes from station. 
Rate, $4 per week. 



WEST JERSEY RAILROAD. 



GLOUCESTER, N. J. 

Distance, 5 miles. 16 trains each way on week-days; 6 on Sundays. 
Ruiiiiiiig time, 20 minutes. Fare, 10 cents; unlimited excursion rate, 15 cents. Family 

tickets, $4; quarterly, $10.15; monthly, $3.75; school, $2.50. 

In addition to the manufacturing interests which give employment 
to three thousand operatives, prominence has been given Gloucester at 
home and abroad by the renown of its local treat, "planked shad," 
which, to be properly appreciated and enjoyed, should be partaken of 
on its native shore, fresh from the waters of the Delaware. 

The famous shad-fishing section is located a short distance south 
of Gloucester proper, and the tributary creeks abound in sport for the 
amateur or professional wielder of the rod. Gloucester has a popula- 
tion of eight thousand, is lighted by electricity, and churches of all 
denominations are to be found within its limits. 

Surf House. — Mr. Charles C. Haines. — One-half mile from station. 
Accommodates fifty guests. Open all the year. Rate, |i2 per week. 

Mansion House. — Mr. D. A. Howard. One-half mile from station. 
Accommodates fifteen guests. Open all the year. Rates, $7 to $\o 
per week. 

BuENA Vista Hotel. — Mr. J, J. Foster, One-quarter of a mile 
from station. Accommodates thirty-five guests. Open all the year. 
Rates, $2 per day, $7 to |io per week. 

Thompson's Hotel.— Mr. A. Townsend. One-half mile from 
station. Accommodates thirty guests. Rates, 12 per day, |i2 per week. 

WESTVILLE, N. J. 

Distance, 6.8 miles. 16 trains each way on week-days; 6 on Sundays. 

Running time, 25 minutes. Fare, 20 cents ; lo-day excursion rate, 30 cents. Family 

tickets, $6.80; quarterly, $11.40; monthly, $4.30; school, $2.85. 

Situated on the Great Timber Creek, and within a short distance 
of the Delaware River, is this town of six hundred inhabitants. Boating 
and fishing are of the best. 

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Newbold, which is divided from Westville by the tracks of the West 
Jersey Railroad, enjoys the same privileges as its sister town. 

Falls Hotel.— Mr. J. M. Plum. Two squares from station. Ac- 
commodates twenty-five guests. Open all the year. Rates, lr.50 per 
day, $7 per week. 



WOODBURY, N. J. 

Distance, 9.5 miles. 20 trains each way on week-days ; 7 on Sundays. 
Running time, 2510 33 minutes. Fare, 28 cents ; 10-day excursion rate, 40 cents. Family 

tickets, $9.30; quarterly, $1350; monthly, $5.25; school, I3.50. 

During the summer months, when its fine shade trees and broad, 
well-kept lawns, upon which fountains play, are seen at their best, no 
one can justly deny the claim Woodbury makes to being the most 
beautiful town in this section of the country. Its homes are well filled, 
and its walks and drives, which reach out both far and near, are thronged 
by those who get rest, recreation, health, strength, and good living at a 
moderate cost. 

For its five thousand inhabitants it provides churches of various 
denominations, private and public schools, banks, gas, electricity, and, 
in fact, the majority of city conveniences. It is the county-seat of 
Gloucester County. 

Evergreen Hall.— Mr. Jeffrey C. Batten, Five minutes' walk 
from station. Accommodates fifty guests. Open May ist to October 
3TSt. Rates, $6 to |io per week. 

Paul's Hotel.— Mr. Joseph Paul. One-quarter of a mile from 
station. Accommodates fifty guests. Open all the year. Rates, I7 to 
|io per week. 

Boarding-House.— Mr. Joseph Morgan. One-quarter of a mile 
from station. Accommodates twelve guests. Open all the year. Rates, 
$4 to $6 per week. 

Greencastle Mansion.— Mrs. Parker. A few yards from sta- 
tion. Accommodates forty-five guests. Open all the year. Rate, $s 
per week. 

Boarding-House. — Mrs. Wescott. One-quarter of a mile from 
station. Accommodates si.xteen guests. Open all the year. Rates, $4 
to $6 per week. 



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WENONAH, N. J. 

Distance, 12.6 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days ; 3 on Sundays. 

Running time, 31 to 44 minutes. Fare, 37 cents ; lo-day excursion rate, 50 cents. Family 

tickets, $12.40; quarterly, $15.65 ; monthly, $6 ; school, $4. 

Just at a convenient distance from the city, on a healthy, breezy 
elevation, with fruits and vegetables in profusion at its door, fast train 
service, a resident population of five hundred, Presbyterian and Meth- 
odist Churches, telegraph and telephone communication, several lakes. 




its streets and walks graded and shaded, is Wenonah, an ideal summer 
retreat. A line of stages which connect with all trains run between 
Wenonah and Mantua, one mile from the town limits. 

The summer inn here contributes largely to the character of the 
place. It is excellently managed, and has all the attractions of a first- 
class inn. 

Wenonah Inn — Mr. J. F. Piggott. Two hundred yards from 
station. Accommodations for one hundred guests. Rates, I15 to $2$ 
per week. 



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Reeves' Hotel (Mantua).— Mr. S. Reeves. Accommodations for 
twenty guests. Rates, $5 to $S per week. 

Boarding-House. — Mrs. Bates. Short distance from station. Ac- 
commodates five guests. Rate, $5 per week. 

Boarding-House. (Mantua.)— Mrs. M. Long. Accommodations 
for five guests. Rate, $s per week. 

Boarding-House. (Mantua.)— Mr. Edward Jones. Accommoda- 
tions for ten guests. Rates, $s to $6 per week. 

Boarding-House. (Mantua. )--Mrs. Blakeley. Accommodations 
for ten guests. Rates, $5 to $6 per week. 

SEWELL, N. J. 

Distance, 14.4 miles. 13 trains each way on week-da\-s; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 42 minutes. Fare, 43 cents ; 10-day excursion rate, 55 cents. Family 

tickets, I14.20 ; quarterly, $16.80 ; monthly, I6.50 ; school, $4.35- 

Sewell is a small village, pleasantly located in the midst of trees 
and shrubbery, on high ground in a beautiful locality, and is noted for 
its exceptional water supply. Mantua Creek, within a short distance 
of the village, furnishes good boating, bathing, and fishing. It has two 
churches, schools, and telegraph facilities. 

Barnesboro Hotel. — Mr. J. Rachor. One mile away. Accom- 
modates fifteen guests. Open all the year. Rale, $7 per week. 

Boarding-House. — Mrs. Frances Pearson. Few yards from sta- 
tion. Accommodates twelve guests. Open June to November. Rates, 
$6 to $8 per week. 

Boarding-House. — Mr. Chas. Reppe. Few yards from station. 
Accommodates twelve guests. Open all year. Rate, I5 per week. 

PITMAN, N. J. 

Distance, 17 miles. 13 trains each way on week-days. 

Running time, 46 minutes. Fare, 50 cents ; loday excursion rate, 75 cents. Family 

tickets, $16.70 ; quarterly, $18.60 ; monthly, $7.25 ; school, $4.85. 

As the site of the largest Methodist camp-meeting grounds in the 
southern part of the State, Pitman, with its four hundred cottages, and 
double as many hundreds of tents, for the accommodation of visitors 
in camping time, is well known. A fine grove of trees dispenses a 



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welcome shade. From a suburban standpoint Pitman holds marked 
advantages from the fact of its agricultural surroundings. Good boat- 
ing, bathing, and fishing may be had in Alcyon Lake, nearby. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Mrs. M. Drake. Opposite station. Accommo- 
dates ten guests. Open all the year. Rate, $6 per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Mr. W. L. Carter. One hundred yards from 
station. Accommodates twelve guests. Open June to November. 
Rate, $6 per week. 

Jenkins House.— Mr. Charles Jenkins. Two miles to Richwood 
village. Accommodates fifteen guests. Open all the year. Rates, |5 
to $9. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Mr. Levi Wriggins. Few yards from station. 
Accommodates four guests. Open all the year. Rate, $6 per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Mr. C. P. Carty. One square from station. 
Accommodates ten guests. Open June to November. Rate, $6 per 
week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Mrs. Mary A. Reed. Two squares from sta- 
tion. Accommodates four guests. Open June to November. Rate, $6 
per week. 

GLASSBORO, N. J. 

Distance, 18.9 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 
Running time, 38 to 57 minutes. Fare, 56 cents ; lo-day excursion rate, 85 cents. Family 
tickets, $18.60 ; quarterly, I20.05 ; monthly, I7.85 ; school, $5.25. 

Glassboro is situated on one of the highest plateaus between Cam- 
den and Cape May, and, being supplied with pure spring water, enjoys 
the possession of the two elements most conducive to health. It is 
one of the oldest towns in "South Jersey," and has a population of 
three thousand. There are seven churches of various denominations, 
schools, and telegraph facilities. Its chief industry is the manufacturing 
of glass in all forms. 

Reeves' Hotel.— Mr. J. E. Reeves. Three-quarters of a mile 
from station. Accommodates forty guests. Open all the year. Rates, 
1 1. 75 per day, 16 per week. 

Boarding-House. —Mrs. James A. Haight. Three-quarters of a 
mile from station. Accommodates six guests. Open all the year. 
Rate, $s per week. 



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CLAYTON, N. J. 

Distance, 22.5 miles. 5 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 
Running time, 45 to 63 minutes. Fare, 67 cents ; lo-day excursion rate, $1. Family 
tickets, $22.40 ; quarterly, S22.95 ; monthlj-, $9 ; school, $6. 

This village is located on high ground, commanding an extensive 
and pleasing view of the surrounding country. It has a population of 
two thousand, with Methodist, Baptist, and Presbyterian Churches, in 
addition to good stores, telegraph, and mail facilities. Two glass 
factories furnish the inhabitants who are not of an agricultural leaning 
with means of employment. Within a short distance is a lake on which 
boating and fishing may be enjoyed, 

Davis' Hotel. — Mr. C. A Davis. One-half mile from station. 
Accommodates ten guests. Open all the year. Rate, $s per week. 

Temperance Hotel. — Mr. W. Long. One-quarter of a mile from 
station. Accommodates twenty guests. Open all the year. Rate, $5 
per week. 



FRANKLINVILLE, N. J. 

Distance, 25.3 miles. 5 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundaj-s. 

Running time, 50 to 65 minutes. Fare, 75 cents; lo-day excursion rate, $1.15. Family 

tickets, $25.10; quarterly, I24.80; monthly, $9.70; school, 56.45. 

The elevation and excellent drainage aid materially in promoting 
the general healthfulness of this village, which is located in a good 
farming region. For its four hundred residents, Franklinville provides 
Methodist and Presbyterian Churches, and good mail and telegraph 
facilities. Franklin Lake affords excellent boating and fishing. 

Franklin Lake Hotel. — Mr. F. A. Crane. One square from 
station. Accommodates seventy guests. Open all the year. Rates, $6 
to $8 per week. 

Boarding-House.— Mrs. M. V. Crane. One square from station. 
Accommodates twenty guests. Open all the year. Rate, $s per week. 

Board iNG-HousE. — Mrs. Thomas Scott. A few yards from station. 
Accommodates ten guests. Open May to November. Rate, $4 per week. 

Nicholson Villa. — Mrs. William Nicholson. One square from 
station. Accommodates fifteen guests. Open May to November. 
Rate, $4 per week. 



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TiiK Cartkr Cottagk. — Mrs. David Carter. One-half mile from 
station. Accommodates fiften guests. Open all the year. Rate, ^4 
per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Mrs. W. P. Hilderbrand. One mile from sta- 
tion. Accommodates fifteen guests. Open May to November. Rate, 
$4 per week. 

Boarding Cottage. —Mrs. Thomas Parks. One mile from station. 
Accommodates twenty guests. Open all the year. Rate, $4 per week. 

Boarding-House.— Mrs. Curtis Campbell. Two squares from sta- 
tion. Accommodates twenty guests. Open all the year. Rate, $\ 
per week. 

Boarding-House and Farm.— Mrs. Thomas B. Lacy. One mile 
from station. Accommodates twenty guests. Open May to November. 
Rates, $4 to $6 per week. 

MALAGA, N. J. 

Distance, 28.9 miles. 5 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 57 to 72 minutes. Fare, 86 cents; lo-day excursion rate, I1.30. Family 

tickets, $28.70; quarterly, $27.35; monthly, $10.70; school, $7.15, 

Malaga is an enterprising and growing village of five hundred inhab- 
itants, who are chiefly interested in farming, though it has large manu- 
factories for glass and flour. A large pond furnishes boating and fishing, 
while the neighborhood affords duck, quail, and rabbit shooting. 

Malaga Hotel. — Mr. Joseph M. Iredell. Accommodates seventy- 
five guests. Open all the year. Rate, $5 per week. 

Boarding-House.— Mrs. Isaac Smith. One-half mile from station. 
Accommodates eight guests. Open all the year. Rate, I4.50 per week. 

Boarding-House.— Mrs. Aden Beckett. One-half mile from sta- 
tion. Accommodates ten guests. Open all the year. Rate, $4.50 per 
week. 

NEWFIELD, N. J. 

Distance, 31.1 miles. 5 trains each way on week-days; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 62 to 77 minutes. Fare, 93 cents; lo-day excursion rate, $1.40. Family 

tickets, $30.90; quarterly, $29.15; monthly, $11.40; school, $7.60. 

Newfield, the junction of the Atlantic City and Cape May lines, 
is a small and quiet village, but presents good advantages for a sum- 



mer residence, as it is situated on an elevated site and commands a 
fine view of the surrounding country. There is an abundance of fruit 
during the season, large quantities of which are shipped to the city 
markets. 

Steeleman's Hotel. — Mr. Daniel C. Steeleman. Few yards from 
station. Accommodates fifty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $5 to 
^8 per week. 



VINELAND, N. J. 

Distance, 35.3 miles. 7 trains each way on week-days; 3 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 56 minutes, accommodation 81 minutes. Fare, $1 ; lo-day 

excursion rate, ^1.50. Family tickets, I35.10; quarterly, $32. 10; monthly, $12.55; 

school, $8.35. 360 trip ticket (good for 6 months), $50. 

The Vineland tract contains about fifty square miles of farm lands, 
vineyards, orchards, and gardens, on which upwards of fifteen hundred 
families are settled, with the flourishing city of Vineland near its cen- 
tre. Vineland proper has a population of four thousand, while the 
township, in which North and South Vineland are included, contains 
eight thousand inhabitants. The surrounding country, with its com- 
fortable homes and fine houses, bordered by shade trees, which are 
required by law, has the appearance of an extensive park ; while 
its good, hard roads, which for miles are lined with evergreen hedges, 
make riding and driving delightful at all seasons. Its beauty, superior 
climate, and other advantages attract many visitors. 

Park House.— Mr. M. M. De Witt. Seventy-five yards from sta- 
tion. Accommodates forty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $4 to 
$6 per week. 

The Paulina.— Mrs. C. Kemmerer. Two squares from station. 
Accommodates fifteen guests. Open all the year. Rates, $4.50 to $5 
per week. 

Stevens House.— Mrs. C. M. Jordan. Two squares from station. 
Accommodates thirty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $6 to $8 
per week. 

Waite House.— Mrs. N. P. Wiswell. Two squares from station. 
Accommodates fifteen guests. Open all the year. Rates, $5 to $7 
per week. 



Baker House. — Mr. S. R. Fowler. One and a half squares from 
station. Accommodates fifty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $7 to 
^10 per week. 

Wyker House. — Mrs. E. Wj-ker. Two squares from station. 
Accommodates ten guests. Open all the year. Rates, $4 to $6 per week. 

Grove House. — Mrs. F. E. Willson. One-quarter of a mile from 
station. Accommodates thirty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $8 
to |io per week. 

Seymour House.— Mrs. C. Walsh. Four squares from station. 
Accommodates eighteen guests. Open all year. Rates, $3.50 to $4. 
per week. 

Columbus Cottage. — Mrs. J. Campe. Three-quarters of a mile 
from station. Accommodates fifty guests. Rates, $4 to 15 per week. 

Fuller House. — Mrs. S. J. Fuller. One-half of a mile from 
station. Accommodates six guests. Rate, 15 per week. 



BRIDGETON BRANCH. 



MONROEVILLE, N. J. 

Distance, 24.5 miles. 6 trains, each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 53 to 78 minutes. Fare, 73 cents; lo-daj^ excursion rate, |i.io. Family 

tickets, $24.20; quarterly, $24.10; monthly, $9.40; school, $6.25. 

Monroeville is a village of nearly six hundred inhabitants, situated 
in a desirable section, devoted mainly to agricultural pursuits. 

Boarding-House. — Mrs. James McFarland. A few yards from 
station. Accommodates eight guests. Open all the year. Rates, $6 
to $8 per week. 

Boarding-House. — Mr. Henry Garrison. A few yards from station. 
Accommodates eight guests. Rates, |6 to |S per week. 

Farm House. — Mrs. John L. Robinson. Three-quarters of a mile 
from station. Accommodates four guests. Open May to November. 
Rates, |6 to |8 per week. 

Farm House. — Mrs. Joseph N. Peterson. One-quarter of a mile 
from station. Accommodates two families. Rates, |6 to |8 per week. 



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ELMER, N. J. 

Distance, 27.0 miles. 6 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 60 to 83 minutes. Fare. 80 cents ; lo-day excursion rate, $1.20. Family 

tickets, $26.70 ; quarterly, $25.90 ; monthly, $10.10 ; school, $6.75. 

Elmer, the junction of the Bridgeton and Salem Branches, is a 
village of about thirteen hundred inhabitants, situated in one of the 
richest farming sections of the State. It is rendered attractive by- 
neat dwellings, well-graded streets, and the abundance of shade trees 
and shrubbery, Elmer Lake, on the outskirts of the town, furnishes 
good boating and fishing. 

Temperance Hotel. — Mr. John Berry. One square from station. 
Accommodates eight guests. Open all the year. Rate, $5 per week. 

Elmer Lake Hotel. — Mr. S. L. G. Murphy. One-quarter of a 
mile from station. Accommodates fifteen guests. Open all the year. 
Rate, $7 per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. M. E. Woolbert. One square from sta- 
tion. Accommodates ten guests. Open all the year. Rate, $4 per week. 



HUSTED, N. J. 

Distance, 31.9 miles. 5 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 72 to 89 minutes. Fare, 95 cents ; lo-day excursion rate, $1.40. Family 

tickets, $31.60 ; quarterly, $29.50 ; monthly, $11.55 ; school, $7.70. 

Husted, with the surrounding villages of Deerfield, Centreton, and 
Cohansey, has a population of over one thousand, and is situated in 
the midst of a fine agricultural country. It has Methodist and Baptist 
Churches, schools, telegraph and express facilities. The neighboring 
streams afford good boating and fishing. 

Deerfield Hotel. — Mr. S. S. Lewis. Three miles from station. 
Accommodates ten guests. Open all the year. Rate, $5 per week. 

Centreton Hotel. — Mr. C. F. Gruff. One mile from station. 
Accommodations for fifteen guests. Open all year. Rate, $5 per week. 

Boarding-House (Centreton). — Mr. J. R. Fitzhugh. One mile 
from station. Accommodates sixteen guests. Open all the year. 
Rate, $4 per week. 



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BRIDGETON, N. J. 

Distance, 39.7 miles. 6 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, express 81 minutes, accommodation 96 minutes. Fare, $1 ; lo-day 

excursion rate, I1.50. Family tickets, $38.20 ; quarterly, ^34.25 ; 

monthly, $13.40; school, $8.95. 

This town is beautifully located on the Cohansey Creek, in the 
midst of a fine agricultural district, and is the business centre of 
Cumberland County. Its trade is growing more extensive each year, 
and with reason, for its stores are as large and as well stocked as 
those usually found in cities with many times the population. Fortescue 
Beach and Sea Breeze— resorts on the Delaware Bay — are within short 
riding distances. Bridgeton has a population of twelve thousand, with 
churches of all denominations, private and public schools, gas, electric 
Ughts, and other conveniences. 

Hotel Cumberland.— Mr. E. Hardon. Five hundred yards from 
station. Accommodates sixty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $2 
per day' $g per week. 

Central Hotel.— Capt. T. Vangilder. Three hundred yards from 
station. Accommodates thirty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $s 
to 18 per week. 

City Hotel.— Mr. C. G. Cast. Five hundred yards from station. 
Accommodates fifteen guests. Open all the year. Rates, ^i per day, 
$5 per week. 

West Jersey Hotel.— Mr. A. F. Atkinson. Four hundred yards 
from station. Accommodates twenty guests. Open all the year. Rate, 
$S per week. 

Hohenstatt Hotel.— Mr. Jos. Racher. Three hundred yards 
from station. Accommodates fifty guests. Open all the year. Rates, 
$2 per day, $g per week. 

Boarding-House.— Mrs. A. Pogue. One-quarter mile from station. 
Accommodates ten guests. Open all year. $5 per week. 

Boarding-House.— Mrs. Anna M. Hall. One-half mile from 
station. Accommodates six guests. Open all the year. Rate, $s per 
week. 



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IVOOnSTOlVN & SWEDESBORO BRANCH. 



MOUNT ROYAL, N. J. 

Distance, 13.4 miles. 5 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 39 minutes. Fare, 40 cents ; lo-day excursion rate, 60 cents. Family 

tickets, $13.20 ; quarterly, $16 ; monthly, I6.25 ; school, $4.15. 

The artistic and comfortable-looking houses forming this town are 
built on two wide and heavily-shaded intersecting streets ; the shape of 
the town being that of a cross. It has a population of two hundred, 
with one Baptist Church. Good boating and fishing are to be had. 

Berkley Hotel. — Mr. J. Thomson, Clarksboro P. O. One-quar- 
ter of a mile from station. Accommodates twelve guests. Open all 
year. Rate, I7 per week. 

CLARKSBORO, N. J. 

Distance, 14.4 miles; 6 trains each way on week-days; 2 on Sundays, 

Running time, 381046 minutes. Fare, 43 cents; lo-day excursion rate, 65 cents. Family 

tickets. $14.20 ; quarterly, $16.80 ; monthly, $6.55 ; school, $4.35. 

Clarksboro, a town of three hundred inhabitants, with churches, 
telegraphic, telephonic, and express communication, is built on high 
ground, enjoying a reputation for healthfulness and the summer's pleas- 
ures of boating, fishing, and bathing. It has an abundance of shade 
and quantities of fruit trees. 

Sickler's Hotel.— Mr. Jno. R. Sickler. One-quarter mile from 
station. Accommodates fifteen guests. Open all year. Rate, I7 per week. 

Boarding-House. — Mrs. E. Pidgeon. Directly opposite station. 
Accommodates two guests. Open all year. Rate, I5 per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. Rebecca Clement. Two squares from 
station. Accommodates six guests. Open all the year. Rate, %^ per week. 

SWEDESBORO, N. J. 

Distance, 20.3 miles. 6 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 49 to 60 minutes. Fare, 60 cents ; lo-day excursion rate, 90 cents. Family 

tickets, $20.10 ; quarterly, $21.15 ; monthly, $8.25 ; school, $5.50. 

This is a pretty and prosperous village of fifteen hundred inhabi- 
tants situated on the Raccoon Creek. The surrounding country is high 



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and rolling, and the scenery picturesque. Sailing, boating, and fishing 
may be enjoyed on the lake, while game abounds in the neighborhood. 

Clark's Hotel. — Mr. B. C. Clark. Short distance from the sta- 
tion. Accommodates fifteen guests. Open all year. Rate, $6 per week. 

Ford's Hotel. — One-quarter mile from station. Accommodates 
fifteen guests. Open all year. Rate, $6 per week. 

HARRISONVILLE, N. J. 

Distance, 24.8 miles. 5 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 56 to 68 minutes. Fare, 71 cents; lo-day excursion rate, $1.10. Family 

tickets, $23.80; quarterly, $24.10; monthly, $9.40; school, $6.25. 

This town of five hundred inhabitants is situated in Gloucester 
County, ten miles from the Delaware River and four miles from the 
station ; it is connected, however, with all trains by stage line. The 
creeks are well stocked with pike and pan-fish, and the woods and 
meadows abound in small game. It is a pleasant and popular interior 
town. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Mrs. F. Mattson. Four miles from station. Ac- 
commodates four guests. Open all the year. Rate, $4. per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Mrs. D. Madara. Four miles from station. Ac- 
commodates four guests. Open all the year. Rates, $4. to $5 per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Mrs. Joseph Mowers. Four miles from station. 
Accommodates seven guests. Open all the year. Rate, $4 per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Mrs. J. Givens. Accommodations for four 
guests. Open all the year. Rates, $4 to $s per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Mrs. J. Riley. Accommodations for five guests. 
Open all the year. Rates, $4. to $$ per week. 

WOODSTOWN, N. J. 

Distance, 27.1 miles. 5 trains each way on week-days; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 63, to 77 minutes. Fare, 81 cents ; lo-day excursion rate, $1.20. Family 

tickets, $26.90; quarterly, $26.25; monthly, $10.25; school, ^6.85. 

The seeker after rest and health and the lover of woodland rambles 
may here realize his desires, as this town is situated in a section of the 
country noted for its healthfulness and the beauty of the surrounding 
scenery. It provides for its seven hundred inhabitants churches and 
meeting-houses, telegraph and express f^icilities. 



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French's Hotel. — Mr. Samuel French. One square from station. 
Accommodates forty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $2 per day, 
$7 per week. 

East Avenue Hotel. — Mrs. Smith Hewitt. A short distance from 
station. Accommodates forty guests. Open all the year. Rate, ^6 per 
week. 

Farm House. — Mrs. Charles B. Humphreys, Sharpstown P. O. Two 
miles from station. Accommodates twenty guests. Open May to 
November. Rates upon application. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. Caroline Clark. Two squares from station. 
Accommodates six guests. Open May to November. Rates, $$ per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. Elizabeth Cawley. Two squares from 
station. Accommodates five guests. Open May to November. Rate, 
$5 per week. 

SALEM BRANCH. 



ALLOWAY, N. J. 

Distance, 34 miles. 2 trains each way on week-days. 

Ruiniing time, 78 minutes. Fare, $1 ; lo-day excursion rate, $1.50. Family tickets, 

$33-8o ; quarterly, $31.10; monthly, $12.20; school, $8.10. 

For the use of its population (800) Alloway furnishes telegraph 
and express communication, and Baptist and Methodist Churches. It 
is located in a fertile and a well-watered country, and is attractively 
laid out. The outer section of the town is intersected with good 
driving roads and walks. Alloway Creek furnishes boating and fishing, 
and good gunning may be had during the season. 

American Hotel. — Mr. B. M. Ferguson. One-half mile from 
station. Accommodates forty guests. Open all year. Rates, I1.50 to 
$2 per day. 

Greenwich House. — Mr. Chas. Tunberman. Short distance from 
station. Accommodates fifteen guests. Open all year. Rate, $s per 
week. 

Walnut Hill Mansion. — Mr. C. Crissman. Short distance from 
station. Accommodates fifteen guests. Open all year. Rates, |i.oo 
to I1.50 per day, $6 to $S per week. 



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OUINTON, N. J. 

Distance, 36.8 miles. 2 trains each way on week-days. 

Running time, 85 minutes. Fare, f i ; lo-day excursion rate, $1.50. Family tickets, 

^36 60 ; quarterly, $33.15 ; monthly, $13.00 ; school, $8.70. 

The terminus of the Quinton Branch has a population of six hun- 
dred, devoted chiefly to the manufacturing of glass in its various forms. 
It has Methodist and Baptist Churches. Alloway Creek is close by. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. -Mr. Geo. D. Robinson. Accommodates eight 
guests. Rate, |6 per week. 

SALEM, N. J. 

Distance, 3S.2 miles. 7 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 81 to 97 minutes. Fare, $1 ; lo-day excursion rate, $1.50. Family 

tickets, $38.20 ; quarterly, $34.25; monthly, $13.40; school, $8.95. 

Many points of interest are within easy access of Salem. Fort Dela- 
ware is but a short distance away, and the harbor at the mouth of the 
creek is usually filled with pleasure or fishing craft bent on sport or 
profit. The numerous Delaware Bay resorts are accessible either by rail 
or boat. Being the seat of the county gives it an important and prominent 
position also. It has a population of six thousand, engaged principally 
in the manufacturing of glass, and has churches of all denominations, 
in addition to two Friends' meeting-houses. It enjoys the best facilities, 
and is noted for its healthfulness and desirability for homes. 

Ford House. — Mr. C. C. Ford. One square from station. Accom- 
modates forty guests. Rates, $8 to I14 per week. 

Nelson House. — Mr. J. F. Shannon. One and a half squares from 
station. Accommodates fifty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $8 to 
$14 per week. 

Shafer House.— Mrs. A. Luerrisson. Two squares from station. 
Accommodates thirty-five guests. Open all the year. Rates, |6 to I14 
per week. 

Garwood House. — Mr. Edgar G. Buck. One and a half squares 
from station. Accommodates forty guests. Open all the year. Rates, 
I5 per week. 

Boarding-House. — Mrs. Charles Anderson. A few yards from sta- 
tion. Accommodates seven guests. Open all year. Rates, $4. to $6 per week. 

Boarding-House. — Mrs. Josiah Smith. Ten minutes' walk from 
station. Accommodates eight guests. Open all year. Rates, |4-5o to 
Is per week. 



CAMDEN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD. 



COLLINGSWOOD, N. J. 

Distance, 5.4 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days; 6 on Sundays. 

Running time, 23 minutes. Fare, 14 cents; 10 day excursion rate, 20 cents. Family 

tickets, $5.40; quarterly, $11.40; monthly, $4.25; school, $2.85. 

Although the population of Collingswood is small, it is of a thrifty 
and enterprising nature, and attractive home-sites are placed within 
reach of the slender purse. The medicinal properties of Kalium Springs 
have received marked attention from physicians, and have proven 
efficacious in many complaints. Knight's Park is beautifully laid out 
and is a favorite playground for picnic parties. 

Good boating, bathing, and fishing can be enjoyed in Newton's 
and Cooper's Creeks, a short distance from the village. 

Boarding-House. — Mr. W. Edwards. Three squares from station. 
Accommodations for five guests. Open all the year. Rates, $s to $7 
per week. 

HADDONFIELD, N. J. 

Distance, 7.8 miles. 17 trains each way on week-days ; 6 on Sundays. 

Running time, 30 minutes. Fare, 20 cents ; lo-daj' excursion rate, 30 cents. Family 

tickets, $7.80; quarterly, I12.50; monthly, $5; school, $3.35. 

In the heart of the most healthful surroundings, bounded by open 
fields, wooded hills and glens, and in a country intersected by shaded 
walks and drives which carry the rambler by cultivated truck farms 
which have made New Jersey renowned and unrivaled as a garden 
produce-raiser, is built this quiet and pleasing retreat. It is lighted by 
electricity and possesses a population of twenty-five hundred, with a 
bank, churches, meeting-houses, schools, and all modern facilities. The 
grounds of the Haddonfield Athletic Association provide opportunities 
for indulging in field sports, while Evans' Lake furnishes good boating 
and fishing. 

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H ADDON HousK.— Mr. Thos. Baxendine. Five minutes' walk. 
Accommodations for thirty-five guests. Open all the year. Rates, |8 
to ^lo per week. 

Temperance House.— Mr. Geo. D. Stillwell. A few minutes' walk 
from station. Accommodations for thirty-five guests. Open all the 
year. Rates, $S to |io per week. 

Carr Mansion. — Mr. C. W. Carr. Five minutes from station. 
Accommodations for twenty-five guests. Open all the year. Rates, $6 
to |io per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE.— Mrs. Stoy. A short distance from station. 
Accommodations for twenty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $6 to 
|io per week. 

MARLTON, N. J. 

Distance, 14.4 miles. 4 trains each way on week-days; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 50 minutes. Fare, 36 cents ; lo-day excursion rate, 58 cents. Family 

tickets, $14.40 ; quarterly, $17.25 ; monthly, $6.70 ; school, $4.45. 

This village is quite picturesquely located, and harbors a quiet and 
restful air for summer boarders. 

It has a population of six hundred, who use the two churches 
and a Friends' meeting-house, which are located at Cropwell, a mile 
distant ; and they also enjoy telegraphic and express service. A large 
mill-pond nearby presents good boating and fishing. 

Marlton Hotel. — Mr. J. P. Jones. Six hundred yards from station. 
Accommodations for forty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $6 to $S 
per week. 

Farm House.— Mr. James Mitchell. One mile and a half from 
station. Accommodation for fifteen guests. Open May ist to November. 
Rates, $5 to $6 per week. 

MEDFORD, N. J. 

Distance, 19.5 miles. 4 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 60 minutes. Fare, 49 cents; lo-day excursion rate, 78 cents. Family 

tickets, $19.50; quarterly, $21; monthly; $8.15; school, $5.40. 

The straight, well-graded streets, bordered with trees and artistic 
houses, give a prepossessing appearance to this town. It is situated 



on a branch of Rancocas Creek, and in the centre of a country held 
in high esteem by summer sojourners. It has telegraph and express 
facilities, and several churches, in addition to a Friends' meeting-house, 
for the accommodation of its twelve hundred inhabitants. 

Indian Chief Hotel. — Mr. Chas. Straugh. One-quarter mile from 
station. Accommodations for twenty guests. Open all the year. Rates, 
$2 per day, |io per week. 

Medford House. — Mr. Frank Lightcap. One-quarter mile from 
station. Accommodations for thirty guests. Rates, ^^1.25 per da}', $7 
to |S per week. 

KIRKWOOD, N. J. 

Distance, 12.5 miles. 10 trains each waj- on week-daj-s ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 40 minutes. Fare, 28 cents; lo-day excursion rate, 44 cents. Family 

tickets, $11.10; quarterly, $13.80; monthly, $5.50; school, $3.65. 

This station is within a few minutes' walk of where the celebrated 
Lakeside Park picnic grounds of the Camden & Atlantic Railroad are 
located, and where picnics abound during the summer months. 

Pleasant groves and shady walks, grounds for games, tables for 
picnic lunching, seats for lounging, a pavilion for dancing, and boats 
for rowing on the lake, are a few of the attractions which make it a 
favorite day excursion for churches, schools, and social bodies. 

Kirkwood has a population of 700 scattered here and there within 
a radius of two miles. It has churches, schools, and good stores. 

White Horse Hotel. — Mr. E. B. Davis. One-quarter of a 
mile from station. Accommodates twenty guests. Open all the year. 
Rates, $5 to $7 per week. 

Laurel Spring Inn. — One mile from station. Accommodates 
sixty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $7 to I9 per week. 

LINDENWOLD, N. J. 

Distance, 13.4 miles. 10 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 43 minutes. Fare, 30 cents ; lo-day excursion rate, 48 cents. Family 

tickets, $11.90; quarterly, $14; monthly, I5.75 ; school, $3.85. 

Lindenwold has but a small population, with its homes built 
mainly on a hill, affording a splendid view of the surrounding country. 



Farm House. — Mr, J. Coles. Open all the year. Accommodations 
for twelve guests. Rates, $5 to $y per week. 

Farm House. —Mr. Jesse Lanning. Short distance trom station. 
Accommodations for eight guests. Rates, $s to $6 per week. 

LUCASTON, N. J. 

' Distance, 15.4 miles. 10 trains each way on week-days; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 50 minutes. Fare, 32 cents ; lo-day excursion rate, 52 cents. Family 

tickets, 1:12.90; quarterly, $14.20; monthly, $6; school, $4. 

The station for the bustling little village of Gibbsboro, to which pas- 
sengers are conveyed by cars of the Lucaston Street-Rail way Co. 

Although its population is small, their thrifty nature is speedily 
carrying it toward prosperity. Three lakes, in addition to adding to 
the beauty of the town, afford excellent opportunities for boating and 
fishing. The surrounding neighborhood is well stocked with game ^ 
Gibbsboro has an Episcopal Church and a good public school. 

Gibbsboro House. — Mr. W. M. Snyder. One mile from station. 
Accommodates ten guests. Rate, $5 per week. 

BERLIN, N. J. 

Distance, 17.5 miles. 10 trains each way on week-days; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 50 minutes. Fare, 39 cents ; lo-day excursion rate, 62 cents. Family 

tickets, $15.60; quarterly, $15.25; monthly, $6.50; school, $4.35 

Situated in one of the finest agricultural sections of Camden County, 
the farms, with their general aspect of thrift and prosperity, betoken 
an energy on the part of the inhabitants to make the best use of 
the gifts Nature has bestowed upon them. The Methodist Camp- 
Meeting Association has secured grounds within a few minutes' walk 
of the station. 

Berlin, with its population of eight hundred, has two schools 
and several churches. 

Cake's Hotel.— Mr. O. A. Small. One-quarter of a mile from 
station. Accommodations for ten guests. Open all the year. Rates, 
$5 to $7 per week. 

Creed's Hotel.— Mr. Oliver Creed. One-half mile from station. 
Accommodations for ten guests. Rates, $5 to $7 per week. 



ATCO, N. J. 

Distance, 20.1 miles. 6 trains each way on week-days; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 56 minutes. Fare, 45 cents ; lo-day excursion rate, 72 cents. Family 

tickets, $17.90; quarterly, $15.80; monthly, $6.95; school, $4.65. 

The country about here is attractive, and the rapidity of its growth 
is testifying to its popularity. As it is situated in the fruit belt, summer 
boarders may revel in the healthful, fresh fruit plucked from the tree 
and vine. It has three churches, and good mail and telegraph service. 

Woodland House.— Mr. Charles A. Woodland. A few yards from 
station. Accommodates forty-five guests. Open all the year. Rates, 
$S to $10 per week. 



WATERFORD, N. J. 

Distance, 23.8 miles. 6 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 64 minutes. Fare, 52 cents ; lo-day excursion rate, 83 cents. Family 

tickets, $20.80; quarterly, $16.90; monthly, $7.65; school, $5.10. 

From what was a mere congregation of a few houses a short time 
ago, this town has grown into quite a settlement, due to the essential 
elements of health which it possesses to a marked degree. It has now 
a population of nearly five hundred, with churches and schools. 

BisBEE House.— Mr. W. O. Bisbee. Accommodates twelve guests. 
Open all year. Rate, $7 per week. 



ANCORA, N. J. 

Distance, 25.9 miles. 4 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 69 minutes. Fare, 57 cents; lo-day excursion rate, 92 cents. Family 

tickets, $22.90; quarterly, $17.50; monthly, $8.05; school, $5.35- 

Though small, Ancora is a splendid place to spend the summer 
months, as the surroundings are healthy, and farm life can be enjoyed 
without stint. Large cranberry bogs are numerous in the neighborhood. 
The inhabitants number three hundred, with a Union Church at a con- 
venient distance. 

Blue Anchor Hotel.— W. Hankins. Three miles from station. 
Accommodates twenty-five guests. Open all the year. Rates, $5 to $S 
per week. 



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Farm House.— Mrs. John W. Butterton. Elm P. O. One and a 
half miles from station. Accommodates six guests. Open May to No- 
vember. Rate, $6 per week. 

Farm House.— Mrs. Joseph M. Wilson. One and a half miles 
from station. Accommodates twelve guests. Open May to November. 
Rates, $s to $7 per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE. — Mrs. J. E. Albeson. One-quarter mile from 
station. Accommodates five guests. Open May to November. Rate, 
$5 per week. 



WINSLOW JUNCTION, N. J. 

Distance, 28.2 miles. 4 trains each way on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, 75 minutes. Fare, 64 cents; lo-day excursion rate, $1.02. Family 

tickets, $25.40 ; quarterly, $17.75 ; monthly, $8.40 ; school, $5.60. 

Winslow Junction is the station for Winslow, which enjoys a repu- 
tation for healthfulness that is rapidly extending itself, and is certain 
to shortly attract those suffering from the effects of disease, and seek- 
ing to recuperate their shattered constitutions. 

Winslow Inn.— Mrs. O. Falkenberg. One-quarter mile from sta- 
tion. Accommodations for fifty guests. Rates, I2.50 to I3 per day, 
112 to 1 1 8 per week. 



HAMMONTON, N. J. 

Distance, 31.4 miles. 5 trains each way on week-days; 2 on Sundays. 
Running time, express i hour, accommodation i hour and 24 minutes. Fare, 71 cents; 
lo-day excursion rate, $1.14. Family tickets, $28.50; quarterly, $18.90; 
monthly, $9 ; school, $6. 

Not content alone to raise some of the best fruit of this section of 
the State, Hammonton branches out into a prosperous manufacturing 
centre, with four thousand inhabitants, five churches, telegraphic and 
express facilities. Its location, sandy soil, and pure atmosphere have 
contributed to give this town much prominence. As a health resort, 
and as a sanitarium, its renowned and highly-esteemed beneficial re- 
liefs are widely known. A lake two miles long, picturesque from every 
point, furnishes good boating, fishing, and bathing. 



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The Sanitarium — Summit Grove Place. — Miss S. S. Nivison, 
M. D. One mile from Hammonton. Accommodations for thirty guests. 
Open all year. Rates, $2.50 to I5 per day, $15 to I35 per week. 

Hammonton Hotel. — Mr. Alexander Aitken. A short distance. 
'Bus meets all trains. Accommodations for twenty-five guests. Open 
all the year. Rates, $1 50 to $2 per day, $6 to $9 per week. 

Hotel Columbia. — Mrs. A. Bowker. One square from station. 
Accommodations for twenty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $1.50 
to $2 per day, $g per week. 



EGG HARBOR CITY, N. J. 

Distance, 42.4 miles. 3 trains each way on week-days; 2 on Sundays. 

Running time, express i hour 7 minutes, accommodation 1 hour 45 minutes. Fare, 

99 cents ; lo-day excursion rate, Si. 45. Family tickets, I39.60 ; 

monthly, $13.65; school, $9.10. 

This town of three thousand inhabitants is in the centre of a district 
celebrated for its fruit, grapes, and wine. The wine from the region has 
a widespread reputation. In the city are fine churches of all denomina- 
tions, and a telegraph station and good mail service. 

The healthfulness of the surrounding country, dotted with the pict- 
uresque vineyards, commend it as a desirable resort. The gunning is 
good, as deer, hare, partridges, and other game are plentiful. 

New York Hotel. — Mr. H. Kuehnle. Close to station. Accom- 
modations for thirty guests. Open all the year. Rate, ly per week. 

Golden Eagle Hotel. — Mr. J. Reishenbach. Two squares from 
station. Accommodations for ten guests. Open all the year. Rate, |6 
per week. 

American House. — Mr. William Zimmer. One square from station. 
Accommodations for thirty guests. Open all the year. Rates, $$ to ^7 
per week. 

Atlantic Hotel.— Mrs. E. Meister. One square from station. 
Accommodations for twenty guests. Open all the year. Rate, $6 per 
week. 

Continental Hotel.— Mr. Jacob* Detwiler. One and one-half 
squares from station. Accommodations for thirty guests. Open all the 
year. Rate, 17 per week. 



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ABSECON, N. J. 

Distance, 53.1 miles. 3 trains each waj' on week-days ; 2 on Sundays. 
Running time, express i hour 23 minutes, accommodation, 2 hours. Fare, fi. 10; 
lo-day excursion rate $1.50. Family tickets, $45; monthly, $16.35; school, $10.90. 

Absecon, on account of its nearness to Atlantic City, six miles distant, 
combines the advantages of country as well as sea-shore life. It is sit- 
uated on Absecon Bay, and is a well-known and favorite resort for the 
gunner and angler. Well-kept roads lead to Atlantic City, Somers' 
Point, and Port Republic. It has Methodist and Presbyterian Churches. 

Rockingham Hotel. — Mr. J. C. Price. Short distance from sta- 
tion. Accommodates fifteen guests. Open all year. Rates, $8 to $io 
per week. 

BoARDiNG-HousE — Mrs. A. Hammell. Accommodates seven 
guests. Rate, 15 per week. 



Index. 



PAGE 

Absecon, N. J 115 

Aldham, Pa 24 

Allen Lane, Philadelphia 45 

Alloway, N.J 106 

Ancora, N.J 112 

Andalusia, Pa 38 

Angora, Philadelphia 62 

Ardmore, Pa 12 

Atco, N. J 112 

Bala, Pa 25 

Bellevue, Del 59 

Berlin, N. J in 

Berwyn, Pa 17 

Betzwood, Pa 29 

Beverly, N.J 81 

Birmingham, N. J. 90 

Bonnaftbn, Philadelphia 51 

Bordentown, N. J 84 

Bradford Hills, Pa 22 

Brandywine Summit, Pa 72 

Bridesburg, Philadelphia 33 

Bridgeton, N. J 103 

Bristol, Pa 39 

Brown's Mills-in-the-Pines, N. J. . . . 90 

Bryn Mawr, Pa 13 

Burlington, N.J 82 

Burmont, Pa 64 

Bustleton, Philadelphia 35 

Cambridge, N. J 80 

Carpenter, Philadelphia 45 

Chadd's Ford, Pa 72 

Chester, Pa 56 

Chester Heights, Pa 71 



PAGF. 

Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia 46 

Cheyney, Pa 75 

Clarksboro, N. J 104 

Claymont, Del 58 

Clayton, N.J 98 

Clifton, Pa, 64 

Collingswood, N. J 108 

Concord, Pa 71 

Conshohocken, Pa 27 

Cornwell's, Pa 38 

Cresheim Branch 48 

Croydon, Pa 39 

Crum Lynne, Pa 54 

Cynwyd, Pa 26 

Darby, Pa 51 

Darlington, Pa 74 

Daylesford, Pa 18 

Delair, N.J 77 

Delanco, N.J Si 

Devault, Pa 24 

Devon, Pa 17 

Downingtovvu, Pa 22 

Dudley, N. J 85 

Eddington, Pa 38 

Eddystone, Pa 56 

Edge Moor, Del 60 

Edgewater Park, N. J 82 

Egg Harbor City, N.J 114 

Elmer, N. J 102 

Elwyn, Pa 69 

Fairville, Pa 73 

Fern Hill, Pa 23 

Fern wood, Pa tT. 



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Fifty-eighth Street, Philadelphia ... 50 

Fifty-second Street, Philadelphia . . 9 

Florence, N.J 83 

Folcroft, Pa 52 

Fort Hill, Pa 49 

Forty-ninth Street, Philadelphia ... 62 

Frankford, Philadelphia 32 

Franklinville, N. J 98 

F"razer, Pa 20 

Germantown (Chelten Ave.), Philad'a 43 

Girard Avenue, Philadelphia 9 

Glassboro, N. J 97 

Glen Loch, Pa 21 

Glen Mills, Pa 74 

Glenolden, Pa 53 

Glen Riddle, Pa 70 

Gloucester, N. J 93 

Gordon Heights, Del 60 

Gray's Ferry, Philadelphia 50 

Greene Hill, Pa 23 

Green Tree, Pa 19 

Grubb's Landing, Del 59 

Haddonfield, N.'j 108 

Hainesport, N. J 88 

Hamnionton, N. J 113 

Harrisonville, N.J 105 

Hartford, N. J 88 

Haverford, Pa 12 

Highland, Philadelphia 46 

Holly Oak, Del 59 

Holmesburg, Philadelphia 34 

Holtnesburg Junction, Philadelphia . . 34 

Husted, N. J 102 

Kennett, Pa 74 

Kinicora, N.J S3 

Kirkland, Pa 23 

Kirkwood, N.J no 

Lamokin, Pa 57 

Lansdowne, Pa 63 

Lenni, Pa 70 

Lenola, N. J 86 

Liddonfield, Pa 35 



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Lindenwold, N. J no 

Linwood, Pa 58 

Lucaston, N. J in 

Malaga, N.J 99 

Malvern, Pa 19 

Manayunk, Philadelphia 26 

Maple Shade, N.J 86 

Markham, Pa 71 

Marlton, N. J 109 

Masonville, N. J 88 

Medford, N. J 109 

Media, Pa 68 

Merchantvillc, N. J 85 

Merion, Pa 10 

Monroeville, N. J loi 

Mont Clare, Pa 30 

Moore, Pa 53 

Moorestown, N. J 87 

Morrisville, Pa 41 

Morton, Pa 65 

Mount Holly, N. J 89 

Mount Moriah, Philadelphia 50 

Mount Royal, N.J 104 

Moylan, Pa 68 

Narberth, Pa 11 

Newfield, N.J 99 

New Lisbon, N. J 90 

Norristown, Pa 28 

Norwood, Pa 53 

Oakbourne, Pa 75 

Overbrook, Pa 10 

Palmyra, N. J 78 

Paoli, Pa 18 

Park, Philadelphia 25 

Paschall, Philadelphia 51 

Pensauken, N.J 86 

Perkiomen, Pa 29 

Philadelphia & Delaware County R. R., 63 

Phccnixville Branch 23 

Phcenixville, Pa 31 

Pickering, Pa 24 



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PAGE 

Pierson's, Philadelphia . . 36 

Pitman, N. J 96 

Port Providence, Pa 30 

Primos, Pa 65 

Queen Lane, Philadelphia 43 

Quinton, N.J 107 

Radnor, Pa 15 

Ridley Park, Pa • 54 

Riverside, N. J 80 

Riverton, N.J 78 

Rosedale, Pa 73 

Rosemont, Pa 14 

St. David's, Pa 15 

Salem, N. J 107 

Secane, Pa 65 

Sewell, N. J 96 

Sharon Hill, Pa 52 

Shawmont, Pa 27 

Ship Road, Pa 21 

Smithville, N. J 89 

Spring Mill, Pa 27 

Stanwick, N. J 87 

Strafford, Pa 16 

Svvarthmore, Pa 66 

Swedesboro, N. J 104 

Tacony, Philadelphia 33 

Taylor's, N.J 80 

Thurlow, Pa 57 

Torresdale, Philadelphia 36 

Trainer, Pa 58 

Trenton, N.J 41 



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Tullytown, Pa 40 

Tulpohocken, Philadelphia 44 

Upsal, Philadelphia 44 

Villa Nova, Pa 14 

Vincentovvn, N. J 92 

Vineland, N.J 100 

Wallingford, Pa 66 

Waterford, N.J 112 

Wawa, Pa 70 

Wayne, Pa 15 

Wellwood, N. J 85 

Wenonah, N.J 95 

West Chester, Pa 76 

West Chester Branch 23 

West Laurel Hill, Pa 26 

Westmoreland, Pa 42 

West Palmyra, N.J 77 

Westtown, Pa 75 

Westville, N.J 93 

White Hill, N. J 84 

Whiteland, Pa 21 

Whitford. Pa 21 

Wilmington, Del 60 

Winslow Junction, N. J 113 

Wissahickon Heights, Philadelphia . 46 

Wissinoming, Philadelphia 33 

Woodbury, N. J 93 

Woodstown, N. J 105 

Wynnewood, Pa 11 

Zermatt, Pa 23 



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